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Well, it's not when you want to protect personal and confidential information that you're sharing. And, it's not when your home and all the cell towers around it lose electricity during a severe storm. It's not when you need emergency 911 services (land lines identify you by address). And can you remember the day when telephone conversations were not interrupted by dropped service? And, oh I almost forgot. I think home security systems still rely on land lines to connect to monitoring stations. So, when would I know it's time to give up my land line? Could it be when I'm on my death bed?
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Sandy Padula & Norm Pa...
, CA
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Frank Rubi
Metairie, LA
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Chris and Dick Dovorany
Naples, FL
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Nina Hollander, Broker
Charlotte, NC
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Michael Jacobs
Pasadena, CA
2,538,633
Good morning Debbie. That is a great question. We used to have two different land lines at home, gave one of them up, does that count?
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Sandy Padula & Norm Pa...
, CA
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Frank Rubi
Metairie, LA
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Nina Hollander, Broker
Charlotte, NC
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Michael Jacobs
Pasadena, CA
2,224,473
It was so long ago, that I can't remember.
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Sandy Padula & Norm Pa...
, CA
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Frank Rubi
Metairie, LA
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Nina Hollander, Broker
Charlotte, NC
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Michael Jacobs
Pasadena, CA
4,882,355
When I no longer needed it for internet connection. We did not even have a phone plugged into the line.
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Sandy Padula & Norm Pa...
, CA
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Frank Rubi
Metairie, LA
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Nina Hollander, Broker
Charlotte, NC
1,466,207
Debbie Reynolds Like Joe Petrowsky I'm down to one landline.
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Sandy Padula & Norm Pa...
, CA
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Nina Hollander, Broker
Charlotte, NC
3,340,443
We have different land line companies and cell phones of course...they are life lines...and this back up plan works for us !
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Sandy Padula & Norm Pa...
, CA
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Nina Hollander, Broker
Charlotte, NC
2,759,812
I still have one. They do come in handy every now and then.
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Sandy Padula & Norm Pa...
, CA
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Nina Hollander, Broker
Charlotte, NC
4,572,183
Hi Debbie -- gave it up a few years ago.
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Sandy Padula & Norm Pa...
, CA
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Nina Hollander, Broker
Charlotte, NC
921,504
When you believe it wise to put ALL of your communication eggs in one basket, that is the time to terminate your land line service.
When hurricanes threaten Florida, the wireless networks are quickly overwhelmed, then cyberspace gets foggy, and looking at that receptacle on the wall makes one ask, "What have I done?"
In TN, this may not be a concern, therefore, an easier decision.
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Sandy Padula & Norm Pa...
, CA
7,836,139
Our home phone is no longer a land line.
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Sandy Padula & Norm Pa...
, CA
1,027,602
Like Jeff Pearl we are in a secluded area with only DSL for internet. Funny thing is, it's a lot faster than the so-called "high speed internet" we were getting from Comcast when we lived in a highly congested area.
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Sandy Padula & Norm Pa...
, CA
1,712,676
We gave it up a long time ago. Our office is a free Google number that rings all of us, actually three of us, we don't need a line for a fax anymore, and for foreign national calls we use WhatsApp which makes the calls free. Why pay money for something you don't need? I would add that when we had a Cox home line it was mostly spam calls and I certainly don't miss those.
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Sandy Padula & Norm Pa...
, CA
273,237
When I start receiving offers almost every other day from our local provider saying what a good deal they are offering for a landline. They have since stopped menaing I think they gave up.
I gave mine up about 7 years ago. Haven't missed it at all.
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Sandy Padula & Norm Pa...
, CA
1,291,481
We realized that hardly anyone was calling us on our land line ... except for telemarketers ... years ago. It became an expense we didn't need to have. And the decision to cancel our landline service was an easy, simple one ...
Gene
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Sandy Padula & Norm Pa...
, CA
1,513,143
When you are no longer receiving calls from friends and relatives!
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Sandy Padula & Norm Pa...
, CA
969,888
Totally cellular in my home. Just couldn't justify the money for something we were not using. It's been years.
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Sandy Padula & Norm Pa...
, CA
911,338
We can't. We need landline for DSL internet service, and some of our relatives only use land lines. Some don't even have internet service or email.
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Sandy Padula & Norm Pa...
, CA
699,277
We recently changed our home phones to Bluetooth so when my cell rings I answer it with the landline. With a 2 story home it's hard to only have 1 phone. Also, if you have a package with home phone and internet etc, when you delete the phone your internet access rates go UP. Not worth it.
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Sandy Padula & Norm Pa...
, CA
5,104,931
I haven't had one for years. It came down to money versus the usage.
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Sandy Padula & Norm Pa...
, CA
4,800,082
I keep it in case of power outages and cell towers going down with hurricanes.
2,310
With all of the technology we have available at our fingertips today, I can't remember the last time I saw a home with an actual phone and a land line. We are all connected, on so many levels via social media, our cell phones have all we need to communicate, send e-mails, blogs and we have access to the world and each other.
1,435,300
WHen you rarely check the messages and it becomes more of a nuisance than a help!
1,706,465
We gave up our landline seven years ago. The only calls we were receiving were telemarketers. Everyone else was just calling our cell.
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I haven't used a land line in 20 years. It surprises me that people still do, but I'm also a minimalist. Other than the occasional reception problems, which are fewer and fewer, I don't see any real need to have another phone other than your cell.
5,829,143
Debbie- We gave up our landline about 6 years ago. I'd kept it only in case of power outages during a hurricane but it was silly for us to spend $50 a month for something we didn't use. We considered a very basic line but even that would be $50 a month.
1,472,250
Good question, Debbie. I was thinking maybe it's time but then what number would all the telemarketers call. We never pick up our land line. Just delete the numbers every few days.
212,755
3,345,091
I will never give up my land line ... at least not voluntarily. Only when the service is no longer an option. I hope by then I will be long since dead and gone from the land of phones.
443,220
5,583,278
I rarely use my home phone unless my cell needs charging.... it's part of the internet/cable bundle from verizon....so I do use it on occasion...
1,725,996
When it never rings for days, or weeks and when it does; it's a wrong number.