Assuming your home has 3G coverage, you could just have 3G. For some people, this is already cheaper (especially with pre-paid options). This is situation only

Assuming your home has 3G coverage, you could just have 3G. For some people, this is already cheaper (especially with pre-paid options). This is situation only going to get better. [I'm going by Australian prices] Is 3G less reliable than fixed line? I don't know - but networks in general aren't always available: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fallacies_of_Distributed_Computing http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fallacies_of_Distributed_Comput...