Comments on: Do I Need a Land Line? No…and Neither Do You.

By: Foresteen

Foresteen — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 02:36:48 +0000

That’s exactly why I keep my land line. Besides, I don’t like putting my phone on the internet when I am asked form my phone number.

By: Neal

Neal — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 21:40:24 +0000

Great tips Susan D. Never knew you could do anything about bad cell service at home other than complain!~

By: Susan D.

Susan D. — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 20:03:40 +0000

Cell service is very spotty in our area. If you have this problem you can get a signal enhancer from Motorola for about 300 bucks. An intenna is placed on the roof and a small unit inside receives/sends the signal from your phone from there. They really work great!!

By: Susan D.

Susan D. — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 19:54:45 +0000

I have DISH Network, they charge you 5 bucks a month if your receiver is not connected to a landline.

By: rebecca

rebecca — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 15:38:41 +0000

In the past two months we got rid of our home VOIP service….and are down to just the cell phones. The VOIP service was about $210.00/year AND every month they charged us 6 bucks in tax. We hardly used it, and it echoed pretty bad, so we decided to cancel and just rely on our cell phones. HOWEVER, we do have one phone plugged into our regular landline jack (without paid service to it) and there is a red sign that we put on it that says EMERGENCY PHONE. If we need 911, we can pick it up and call 911 and that call is one of the only calls that will go through on the line. We can also use cell phones to dial 911 and we make sure that info is updated with the cell phone company so they would know where to find us in an emergency. Also, at the same time as the home phone (VOIP) service we canceled TV cable. We had planned to connect the converter boxes and just watch the free channels….that was two months ago and who has time to watch TV? We’re not sure how we used to fit it into our busy schedule! If we really want to watch a particular show, we watch it on the computer at our leisure.