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08-06-2008, 06:12 AM | #1 |
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| Home Phone/ Cell Phone??? Ok, I've been thinking lately about cancelling our home phone cause no one ever uses it. I have a cell, Dan does, and Lauryn does. No one really calls the home phone anymore. So I was thinking...what's the point in paying 62.00 a month for nothing? Has anyone else thought about cancelling their home phone. I've been trying to think of the pros and cons on it. Any ideas? Our cell phones always have a ton of minutes left over each month too. Seem like the only other calls we get at home are sales calls, even though we are on the do not call list. |
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08-06-2008, 06:29 AM | #2 |
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| I have been thinking the same thing lately. The only downside is that my cell phone sometimes is a little hard to have a 2 way conversation...if both people speak at the same time, neither one can hear. But on the other side, most of the people I know wind up calling me on my cell as I am always out, be it running errands or in the garden. I even forward my cell to the house because that is really the only number that I give out. My sister just cancelled her home #.
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08-06-2008, 06:32 AM | #3 |
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| I got rid of my land line over 2 years ago. I have never missed it, and we are saving a lot of money! Go for it. |
08-06-2008, 06:33 AM | #4 |
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| I want to get rid of my land line too. The only reason I don't is because it's the only way we have access to internet. We are out in the country, and high speed has not made it up here yet.
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08-06-2008, 06:34 AM | #5 |
YT Addict | We do not have a home phone anymore. Havent in a few years. We use our cell for everything. Just make sue you have a plan with enough min. to cover everyone you talk to. WE ahvent had any problems. I like not having to worry about missing calls cause the only number i have to give out is my cell.
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08-06-2008, 06:34 AM | #6 |
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| What if your cell phone dies? If you have another one in the house, great. If not, you could be SOL. I can't get rid of my home line entirely because it is needed for my security system and DSL Internet. I have cut the service down to the bare minimum, got rid of voicemail etc. and just forward it to my cell. That saved me a bunch.
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08-06-2008, 06:35 AM | #7 |
YT 1000 Club Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Northern Indiana
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| We don't have a home phone either. Both my hubby & i have to have cell phones & we have cable internet. no one really calls us anyway except for our parents, but for the most part it works for us.
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08-06-2008, 06:37 AM | #8 |
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| We didnt have a landline here at my new apartment until a few months ago. We thought it'd be in handy if we were to ever have to call 911 and not be able to give our address...with a landline, the address would show up automatically, with a cell phone, it gives the a possible area of where you're calling from, at least that's how it works from here...it gives the nearest tower from where you're calling. Plus it comes in handy when I lose my cell phone and have to use the landline to call it and follow the ring
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08-06-2008, 06:39 AM | #9 |
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| I'm in the same boat at Gracie2006...we've cut ours down to the $15 a month or whatever it is, bare, bare minimum just so we can have Internet, etc.... But I NEVER use my home phone, maybe once a week, if that...
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08-06-2008, 06:40 AM | #10 |
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| No land line here either. I've never had any problems and it has worked out great.
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08-06-2008, 06:48 AM | #11 |
Donating YT 2000 Club Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Madison, MS
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| We don't have a landline either. Our internet is through our cable company. I've never missed our housephone. I am very careful to always make sure my cell is charged.
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08-06-2008, 07:48 AM | #12 |
Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: State College, PA
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| I haven't had a landline for years. As mentioned above, make sure you have enough minutes on your cell, though. If you need your landline for a security system or for DSL internet, get bare-bones service, which I can't imagine would cost any more than about $25/month. |
08-06-2008, 07:56 AM | #13 |
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| I havent had home phone service for a few years now... It just began to be an extra bill that nobody was utilizing
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08-06-2008, 08:14 AM | #14 |
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| I don't have a home phone, just a cell. That is the way most of my family is. My mom however, only has a cell because I added her on to my plan. She still keeps her land line in Minneapolis. When I buy a house in a few monts I WILL have a land line! ****A year ago when the 35W bridge collapse happened there was no cell phone coverage available in the twin cities or surrounding suburbs. My cousins husband was a survivor and for hours after the tragedy took place there was no way for his family to know if he was ok until his wife saw him in an ambulance on the news! No one could reach my aunts, uncles and cousins, but we could call my mom at home. Her house became sort of a hub for getting news about Karge and his progress. **** My advise is to keep your land line! Have all the extras (caller ID, 3 way calling) removed and pay for the peace of mind that if something unexpected happens that you will have a way to communicate.
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08-06-2008, 08:21 AM | #15 |
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| We only have cell phones. No one called us on our home phone so we got rid of it years ago
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