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> 1. Cell phones require reception. This is definitely a valid concern if it applies to you. My mother, for example, would never give up her landline because t

> 1. Cell phones require reception. This is definitely a valid concern if it applies to you. My mother, for example, would never give up her landline because the reception at her house is definitely inferior to her landline. I, on the other hand, have consistently excellent reception. I think in general people who have good reception are the ones going land-line only. > 2. Cell phones require power. These days, so do many landlines (especially handheld/wireless ones). I could keep my phone charged for 48 hours of normal usage (backup batteries) and far longer if I went into power saving mode. > 3. Cell phones get misplaced. A cell phone is always on my person, whereas I would have to hunt down where the landline is. I guess there are tradeoffs to both, so I'm not comfortable saying you must have only one or the other.

VLM 11y ago
"A cell phone is always on my person" Its one of the defining social/cultural separations of our generation. Even inside families, my wife is a member of your camp and her phone is never out of her physical possession, ever, it even charges next to her in bed, whereas I'm in the other camp and I move my phone from charger to charger and only physically carry it when I'm going out for awhile or if I'm expecting a call. It has the virtue that in any group of people, there will always be at least one with the ankle bracelet ready for use in one second, even if the battery is nearly dead, and at least one with a fully charged phone a couple minutes away on its charger. So as a group you can get both instant response AND a full day of battery life.