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Agreed. What are landlines good for? Even if they were free I wouldn't have one, since when I did have a landline pretty much every call was phone spam.

by hugh3 16y ago

rubashov 16y ago
> What are landlines good for? Clear, high quality voice communication. I rarely talk on my cell phone. It's essentially for text. I try to call people at their landlines.
- ericflo 16y ago
  Let me guess: iPhone?
  - j79 16y ago
    When I lived in Boston, my iPhone 4 had amazing coverage and call quality was great. Never experienced a dropped call. Absolutely loved the phone. Then I moved to Silicon Valley. I've been counting down the days for Verizon to pick up the iPhone, ever since. There's nothing wrong with the iPhone. AT&T, though...
tofumatt 16y ago
Family households, especially ones with kids who aren't old enough to have a cellphone but need to use a phone. If you have a five and seven year-old in your house, a $30/month landline might make more sense than two cellphones that would never leave the house anyway.
- epochwolf 16y ago
  Really? At $10 per extra phone (on my parent's plan) having a land line is more. Free caller id, voice mail, plus the ability to call between phones for free make having a land line a little silly.
  - tofumatt 16y ago
    Plus the cost of the cellphone and all the replacements for the cellphone your kid is bound to use. I'm single and only have a cell, but my friends with kids inform me that landline for a family is the way to go. I see the logic in their argument.
alexophile 16y ago
Same - the last time I had a landline was in my college dorm room and it kept getting spam calls until we eventually disconnected it.
stonemetal 16y ago
They make a great discount on your internet bill. Seriously though Some internet providers either make it cheaper to have phone + internet from them or make it impossible( or at least hard) to get internet without a land line.
- icefox 16y ago
  I have a phone line for this reason (cheaper) at the moment.
MicahNance 16y ago
Home emergencies. Large parts of the country do not have E911. http://www.fcc.gov/cgb/consumerfacts/wireless911srvc.html http://www.fcc.gov/cgb/consumerfacts/wireless911srvc.html

Agreed. What are landlines good for? Even if they were free I wouldn't have one, since when I did have a landline pretty much every call was phone spam.

by hugh3 16y ago

Agreed. What are landlines good for? Even if they were free I wouldn't have one, since when I did have a landline pretty much every call was phone spam.

rubashov 16y ago

> What are landlines good for? Clear, high quality voice communication. I rarely talk on my cell phone. It's essentially for text. I try to call people at their landlines.

ericflo 16y ago
Let me guess: iPhone?
- j79 16y ago
  When I lived in Boston, my iPhone 4 had amazing coverage and call quality was great. Never experienced a dropped call. Absolutely loved the phone. Then I moved to Silicon Valley. I've been counting down the days for Verizon to pick up the iPhone, ever since. There's nothing wrong with the iPhone. AT&T, though...

tofumatt 16y ago

Family households, especially ones with kids who aren't old enough to have a cellphone but need to use a phone. If you have a five and seven year-old in your house, a $30/month landline might make more sense than two cellphones that would never leave the house anyway.

epochwolf 16y ago
Really? At $10 per extra phone (on my parent's plan) having a land line is more. Free caller id, voice mail, plus the ability to call between phones for free make having a land line a little silly.
- tofumatt 16y ago
  Plus the cost of the cellphone and all the replacements for the cellphone your kid is bound to use. I'm single and only have a cell, but my friends with kids inform me that landline for a family is the way to go. I see the logic in their argument.

alexophile 16y ago

Same - the last time I had a landline was in my college dorm room and it kept getting spam calls until we eventually disconnected it.

stonemetal 16y ago

They make a great discount on your internet bill. Seriously though Some internet providers either make it cheaper to have phone + internet from them or make it impossible( or at least hard) to get internet without a land line.

icefox 16y ago
I have a phone line for this reason (cheaper) at the moment.

MicahNance 16y ago

Home emergencies. Large parts of the country do not have E911. http://www.fcc.gov/cgb/consumerfacts/wireless911srvc.html http://www.fcc.gov/cgb/consumerfacts/wireless911srvc.html