We have one but hardly ever use it! The only reason I have to have it is because it's connected to our front gate. And whenever someone buzzes us from the front, our phone rings. We have a cheap plan though ($15/month). But nowadays, everyone just uses their cell phones.
Do you have a home phone line?
GOLD / wonderful apricot / 22646 posts
Yep, we only did it because the internet was cheaper (for a faster connection?!) if we got the phone too?... I use it sometimes for conf calls on my wfh days, but usually neitehr of us use it.
clementine / 916 posts
We do but only because it includes free long distance to Canada. If it weren't for that, we would definitely just rely on our cell phones.
persimmon / 1341 posts
No but we do have 3 cell phones. My husband works on call 24/7 and has to be available via phone at all times so being somewhere with no cell service isn't really an option. He has one verizon phone which is his primary cell and I have a verizon then he also has a super cheap sprint phone added to his parents plan for $9/month so we're never without cell phone service and the sprint phone typically stays home unless we're going to a sketchy verizon area.
grapefruit / 4049 posts
yup... came with Internet and cable deal. hardly ever use it though. Sometimes when AT&T service sucks it's nice to have.
grapefruit / 4554 posts
We do, mainly because it was cheaper as a bundle with our tv and internet. I make it a point to use it- even if its a pain.
pear / 1764 posts
Nope, we just use our cell phones! We do use a micro cell to make sure that we always have cell service
hostess / wonderful watermelon / 39513 posts
We do and we use it because AT&T sucks when we are at home.
clementine / 994 posts
No landline. We use our cell phones. Even our front gate is linked to my cell phone.
@autumnlove: We had that same problem with AT&T signal in our house, so we got an M-Cell. Now when we're home, the M-Cell boosts our signal using our wireless internet (as I understand it).
apricot / 461 posts
Currently we only have our cell phones. We just bought/moved into a house, so I've been considering getting a home phone line here now.
kiwi / 575 posts
Currently, we only have cell phones. But, we're moving into a new house in a month and if the service sucks there, we'll need to get a landline. I might want one anyway there just in case...
persimmon / 1465 posts
We do, mainly for the internet broadband connection. Also the mobile (cell) signal isn't great in our house.
blogger / wonderful cherry / 21616 posts
nope, it'd be pointless for us since we only use our cell phones.
pear / 1639 posts
we do. and we use it too! for the longest time we couldn't get cell service at our house, so we kind of had to have one.
wonderful pear / 26210 posts
Yes, it is part of our cable bundle.
I've always had one and will always maintain one. During the early hours of 9/11, the mobile network was jammed, no one could get through unless you had a land line. There was also a huge blackout that knocked out electricity, only landlines worked at that time. We will have a plain old push button phone that we use just for that purpose, nothing that you have to plug into the electric outlets to run.
hostess / wonderful persimmon / 25556 posts
We have some home phones but they're not hooked up to service. They use bluetooth to link to our phones so, if we're home and our phones ring, the home phone rings. My husband doesn't seem to know what ring mode is so, this was a mandatory item when I found out I was pregnant.
wonderful olive / 19353 posts
Yup for our fax machine and home security. I have thought about purchasing and Uplink to monitor our home wirelessly, but if we continue to use our fax, then might as well save the money and have our home monitored via the land line.
clementine / 861 posts
We just use our cell phones. I might want one if/when I get pregnant and we have kids.
honeydew / 7504 posts
We had one for hte last year, but never hooked anything up to it. We only had it for the Triple Play bundle thing with Comcast. When that deal ended, we got rid of it.
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