LAND Lines
#1
i'm thinking about getting rid of our house land line. no one calls us on it, and we always reach for the mobile phone vs the land line.
if you have gotten ride of yours, have you ever missed it?
if you have gotten ride of yours, have you ever missed it?
#3
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Originally Posted by gypsyquilter
i'm thinking about getting rid of our house land line. no one calls us on it, and we always reach for the mobile phone vs the land line.
if you have gotten ride of yours, have you ever missed it?
if you have gotten ride of yours, have you ever missed it?
#5
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Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Oh.
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Some areas are using the land line phones for Reverse 911 calls when there is bad weather. They found out that few people had active land line phones and began asking them to register their cell phone numbers for Weather related Emergencies.
Does your community use sirens to warn of severe weather? This system of calling each home, simultaneously, could help save lives, especially for those who may live far away from the siren and would not hear it because of wind direction or inside household noises.
June in Cincinnati
Does your community use sirens to warn of severe weather? This system of calling each home, simultaneously, could help save lives, especially for those who may live far away from the siren and would not hear it because of wind direction or inside household noises.
June in Cincinnati
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We've considered getting rid of our land line. We took the long-distance service off it several years ago.
However, that's the phone/number that I prefer to have messages left on/at - because I don't carry my cell phone around with me most of the time. My DH doesn't either, and our DS has to have his phone turned off while he's at work.
We also use it to help me locate my cell phone when I misplace it. :oops:
However, that's the phone/number that I prefer to have messages left on/at - because I don't carry my cell phone around with me most of the time. My DH doesn't either, and our DS has to have his phone turned off while he's at work.
We also use it to help me locate my cell phone when I misplace it. :oops:
#7
Originally Posted by bearisgray
We've considered getting rid of our land line. We took the long-distance service off it several years ago.
However, that's the phone/number that I prefer to have messages left on/at - because I don't carry my cell phone around with me most of the time. My DH doesn't either, and our DS has to have his phone turned off while he's at work.
We also use it to help me locate my cell phone when I misplace it. :oops:
However, that's the phone/number that I prefer to have messages left on/at - because I don't carry my cell phone around with me most of the time. My DH doesn't either, and our DS has to have his phone turned off while he's at work.
We also use it to help me locate my cell phone when I misplace it. :oops:
#8
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Join Date: Apr 2011
Location: Bosque County, Texas
Posts: 2,709
Our internet comes in on our land line connection. It's a DSL line I think. However, we have the land line so that we cannot make a long distance call on it. We do that on the cell phone and that knocked the price down about $50.
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