Hi all.I was in a discussion recently with some new residents about the need for a landline. Just wondering what you all think. Do you feel the need to have a landline? If so why? My wife and I haven't had a landline since we moved here 7 years ago and haven't missed it.We do however have a dedicated fiber optic line for our internet.

[village dreamer]

why have a hard line , cell phone does it all .

[Opmoochler]

Originally Posted by Bosoxfan

Hi all.I was in a discussion recently with some new residents about the need for a landline. Just wondering what you all think. Do you feel the need to have a landline? If so why? My wife and I haven't had a landline since we moved here 7 years ago and haven't missed it.We do however have a dedicated fiber optic line for our internet.

We have only been here since Sept. but gave up the landline when we moved. We haven't missed it.

[Ecuadog]

Hurricane Sandy was probably, and hopefully, a once in a lifetime occurrence. In its aftermath, the only means of communication that we had with the outside world was our copper-wire landline. Nothing else worked. Nothing.

[N44125]

Cell phones only...no need for a land line.

[Madelaine Amee]

I guess we are very different from the rest of the world, we hate the cell phone world we have become. We have both, but only very few people have our cell; the majority of calls go to the landline and we get them if and when we want to.

[aninjamom]

I find it ironic that I was so upset about the cost of a landline (half the charge was taxes), and I pay 3 times that amount for a cell phone!
It is true: when a hurricane hits and everything else is knocked out - the land line still works. If you have a medical condition that might require emergency assistance during a storm, you might want to keep the land line.

[Cedwards38]

I don't see the need for the additional expense. We gave up the landline years ago, up north, before we retired, and I don't even think about one now.

[Fraugoofy]

What's a landline? Lol...

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[texasfal]

I will always keep my landline. I once worked as a telephone operator. A woman called one time while she was having a stroke. She could not talk could only make guttural noises. I was able to get ambulance to her because I had her address. If you have such a problem and cannot tell the 911 dispatcher your address, you're in trouble. Authorities can not pin point your address, only the cell tower you are closest to.

[jebartle]

Additional expenses for land line $20 a year (magic jack). Cell phone use is for emergency use or long trips only.

[photo1902]

Originally Posted by texasfal

I will always keep my landline. I once worked as a telephone operator. A woman called one time while she was having a stroke. She could not talk could only make guttural noises. I was able to get ambulance to her because I had her address. If you have such a problem and cannot tell the 911 dispatcher your address, you're in trouble. Authorities can not pin point your address, only the cell tower you are closest to.

Absolutely. The peace of mind of being able to dial 911 in an emergency, even if I can't speak (and can't provide my location), is worth the nominal fee to me. Cell phones take way too long to determine a caller's exact location, in the event you are not able to tell the call taker where you are.

[MrGolf]

Have two Magic Jack lines, one for business and one for home. Have had this for two years replacing our Verizon landlines. Initial cost was $39.00 each and annual renewal I believe is $20.00. Also have cell but prefer MJ when we are home.

[Dr Winston O Boogie jr]

We have two cell phone and no landline. We also have a Magic Jack that we only use so that my wife can call her family overseas. But with the advent of Skype and Facebook Video Chat we haven't used the Magic Jack in a couple of years.

[RickeyD]

Originally Posted by texasfal

I will always keep my landline. I once worked as a telephone operator. A woman called one time while she was having a stroke. She could not talk could only make guttural noises. I was able to get ambulance to her because I had her address. If you have such a problem and cannot tell the 911 dispatcher your address, you're in trouble. Authorities can not pin point your address, only the cell tower you are closest to.

A point many on here either ignore or fail to see. [emoji6]