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Landline Phones
Asked by L.A. from New York
on July 12, 2010
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Ladies:
My husband and I are of the cell phone generation. With our first on its way in October, we just bought an apartment close to my parents. They have graciou...
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- I don't know who your provider is - but we went with Magic Jack for our land line phone. If you have high speed Internet - you won't have any problems. It is a little ...
- I agree that a land line is a MUST with a little one, we have had to call 911 and it took 10 minutes for them to get to us, who knows how long it would have taken if w...
- Land lines are a must, in my opinion. Where I live, the power goes out a lot in the winter time so the internet connection phone service would never work for me. And...
Moving;... Home Phone vs No Home Phone?? VOIP?
Asked by C.T. from Los Angeles
on August 3, 2009
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Hi all, currently we have a home phone/fax line and hubby and I both have cell phones. We have a small horse ranch business that we have our answering machine set fo...
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- Best to use your land line whenever possible. Cell phones may ultimately give you a plethora of health problems... http://www.emfnews.org/ http://www.cellphonel...
- Hi C. - Like everyone else said, keep your home phone if for emergencies only - you never know if your cell phone's battery will be dead, etc. But I have a question f...
- I would say that it is critical to have a landline phone for 911 calls. When you call 911 from your cell phone it goes to CHP which can take literally 10-15 minutes to...
Phone Service - Land Line Phones vs Cell Phones
Asked by L.B. from Grand Rapids
on April 16, 2008
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What does everyone think about getting rid of land-line phones and just having cell phones? My husband threw this question out at me the other day and I couldn't think...
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- L., To agree with most everybody- we keep our landline only because we have kids, and for all the same reasons- sitters, the land phone "stays" on it's cradle, my k...
- Hey L., I never gave this much thought until I heard of a gal who had forgotten that her eldest son (age 8) was getting out of school early and when he got home (and ...
- we live with out a land line. My husband and I have a family plan and its great. The only thing to consider is when you call 911 with a land line they can trace your...
Does Anyone Have Any Experience with a VoIP Provider Such as Vonage, Lingo, Etc?
Asked by M.B. from Dallas
on March 9, 2008
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I'm trying to lower my phone bill.. I currently pay $40 (includes tax/fees) for local phone service with ATT. I am a bit hesitant to switch to one of the smaller comp...
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- I've used Vonage for my home business since December and I love it. I've not had any problems with it and am on the phone at least 4-5 hours a day! They have gre...
- I have Vonage and love it. I make long distance calls almost daily and my bill is always $30 plus change per month. You may have to change settings on your vonage but...
- Hi.. I recently signed on with vonage. I got the $24.99 a month plan. Its unlimited local and long distance. I live in Texas and my son called a friend in Hawaii a...
McKinney Area Moms -- Question About Your Phone Service
Asked by D.L. from Dallas
on December 26, 2008
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We just moved to McKinney and got a "metro" line with AT&T. So far, we're pretty unhappy about their calling area. Basically, I can call my brother in Cedar Hill for f...
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- We got a deal where we bundled the phone and internet. We pay 95 (I think) a month, but we can call ANY number in Texas for free. This ended up saving us quite a bit...
- We have 4 ATT hard lines throughout our house. We bill them separately each bill has 2 lines on it and the 1st is around $85 (very basic w/ exception of call forwardi...
- We use AT&T Call Vantage, it is a VOIP and is only $26 a month (that includes tax, I think). We have free long distance nationwide and have never had am issue. The ser...
Anyone Ditch the Landline and Go Only Cell Phone?
Asked by C.W. from Detroit
on February 28, 2008
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the only reason we have kept our landline is for the slowwww internet dial up due to the fact we live in the country. now we are going to try a broadband card for hig...
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- The reason I didn't go this route was the children and /or emergencies. What if there is an emergency and there is no phone in the house? 911 can trace the call to y...
- My husband and I have been strictly cell phones for the past 4 years. before that we had both the landline and the cells. The landline was barely used and we felt t...
- I went through the same thing in November. Paying cell bills and telephone bills just seemed a little much. I called the phone company and deleted out long distance, ...
Thinking of Getting Rid of Landline Phone
Asked by S.B. from Fort Myers
on January 13, 2012
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I really dont use my house phone much at all. Im old fashioned that I will use a house phone before a cell phone but with facebook, text, email and hardly ever home.....
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- We have electricity go out in storms and then only a land line that is not a cordless works. Cell would not work and couldn't be charged. For that I keep mine.
- Our house is on the side of a mountain...cell service is okay, but cuts out sometimes, I wouldn't do it because of this, but if you get good reception, that could work...
- Paying for a landline is part of having an inhome daycare. It's a requirement for me. & yesterday is proof why: our local cell tower was hit by a vehicle & we were ...
Replace or Get Rid of My Land Line?
Asked by K.L. from Lafayette
on October 1, 2011
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my land line phones went dead, so we are considering not replacing them. DD, hubby,and I all have cell phones. DS, 10, is just starting to stay home alone for a few ...
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- We just reinstalled a land line phone. I didn't like not having it, as the reception in our house can be spotty, and we always had to leave behind one of our cell pho...
- We got my son last year (hes almost 11) a cell phone. just a basic one and it was 10 bucks to add him. we blocked so he can only call the 5 numbers we wanted him to b...
- maybe just get one of those pay as you go phones for emergencies only when he is home alone. We don't have a home line and only use our cells. It's great!
AT & T Alternatives?
Asked by E.B. from Chicago
on September 28, 2007
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In the interest of cutting costs, we are considering switching to a VOI phone service but to be honest, my husband is more into it than me. All I can think of is the ...
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- We had SunRocket for a couple years, then they went out of bussiness. So we switched to Packet8...I believe Christy filled you in on most of their info. We have not ha...
- Hi E.! I have to tell you that we ONCE paid $100/month for our AT&T home phone service. We have an AT&T plan that includes all local/local toll/long distance/nationw...
- Hi E. We use Skype. www.skype.com You call people through your computer. We paid $15 for the entire year ! I think right now it's $3.00 a month unlimited calls to ...
Need Inexpensive Internet & Phone Service
Asked by V.D. from Dallas
on November 29, 2008
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I am about to have a baby anyday now. We are trying to cut our costs down so that I can stay home. We currently have At&t Broadband and home phone service costing ap...
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- I was in the same situation about 6 months ago and I called at&t and was able to reduce the cost of my home phone (they have options as low as $5 a month that they don...
- My family has T-Mobile for our cell service. I just recently canceled my AT&T land line and have T-Mobile as my home number, too. (T-Mobile was able to retain my home ...
- I have At&t land line and internet. I pay&32 dollars a month. Since we primarily use our cell phones; we do not have any extras (call awiting, caller id, voice mail,...
