do you have a cell phone AND a land line?

**nickel** · 06-14-2004, 04:55 AM

if so, why?

**guiseppewv** · 06-14-2004, 05:10 AM

Originally Posted by nickel

if so, why?

Yes, I do, cuz you cannot get DSL w/o a land line, although VZ is starting a pilot program to see if they are going to start offering DSL w/o local service. I have had my land line for 5 months and I have made 3 phone calls with it. Usually I will call 800 numbers with it b/c I know I will be on hold for an hour.

**ski** · 06-14-2004, 05:12 AM

Nope

MOST of my collegiate friends renting apartments do not get a land line, since everyone has cell phones. Too bad I cancelled Sprint and have been waiting for Verizon to offer a Bluetooth phone... COMPLETELY PHONELESS

**cheapie** · 06-14-2004, 05:33 AM

nope. my wife has a cell that i pay for. work pays for my cable internet and sprint wireless card. there's no point in having a home phone. the ONLY time it would come in handy is when we have a sitter. we just usually leave her phone w/the sitter.

**bachviet** · 06-14-2004, 06:14 AM

Yes because I need the land line for DSL and Dish Network (to save $5/month).

**DarkFury** · 06-14-2004, 06:16 AM

Yup... I sure do. As others have also stated, I have DSL service which requires it. However for the most part I use the celly for all my long distance needs.

**donnar** · 06-14-2004, 06:19 AM

I have no cellphone but always had land line so I can make unlimited long distance

**Nija** · 06-14-2004, 06:34 AM

Me and PG both have cellphones (with seperate providers)

The only reason we would need a landline would be for the front door, so i wouldn't have to sit out front and wait for the pizza guy

**Burzhui** · 06-14-2004, 07:04 AM

i still live with papa and mama but if i lived alone then i'd definatelly get rid of the landline

**mcs328** · 06-14-2004, 07:13 AM

Just a cell phone for about 3+ years. I had one when I had DSL but I have comcast and I have no need for it. I do run into some problems ordering pizzas and such since they ask for a landline sometimes.

**whitak24** · 06-14-2004, 07:58 AM

since i moved to NYC, i've only had a landline (first had cable internet and now ethernet).

before i moved, i never used the landline for anything but internet access (*gasp* yes, i was on dialup

)

**ray** · 06-14-2004, 08:02 AM

I have both. Though I use the cell phone most often, the land line is important to have for an extra line of contact that is more reliable with less interference. Imagine you're on a phone interview and all of a sudden your battery on your cell phone dies.

**attgig** · 06-14-2004, 08:07 AM

yes, because my sister is still living in the last century and wants it around. I wanted to cancel a while ago, but she doesn't. i guess it's useful with faxing....but i only fax like...once a month? max?

**Burzhui** · 06-14-2004, 08:09 AM

[QUOTE=whitak24](first had cable internet and now ethernet). [QUOTE]

ummmmm yeaaaa

**hoey222** · 06-14-2004, 08:23 AM

Originally Posted by ray

I have both. Though I use the cell phone most often, the land line is important to have for an extra line of contact that is more reliable with less interference. Imagine you're on a phone interview and all of a sudden your battery on your cell phone dies.

ya - we're finding out that the cell already includes our long distance...land line is convenient for local stuff....wifey still wants to keep land line....we'll see how much longer we keep it....

**RoniMan** · 06-14-2004, 08:37 AM

yes, b/c the carrier pigeons don't work as well now that they're dead...

oh that and the dsl reason too.

**avlena** · 06-14-2004, 08:43 AM

i have a landline so i can give it out to people i don't want calling my cell... like doctor offices, businesses, etc.

and for DSL too.. but mainly because I just didn't want to have random people interupting me in the middle of the day to tell me i need to come in for a cleaning. :p

**Kevster** · 06-14-2004, 08:48 AM

I have 2 DSL lines (one is personal, one for work) and a cell phone. I just recently got a cell phone so all of our long distance calls are now on the cell.

Having a land line in Los Angeles makes a lot of sense especially when we have a major earthquake. For a while there was no cell phone service in some areas but the land lines were still operational. Also, because I live in the beach cities of the South Bay, cell service is very spotty. There is one area in particular that is known as the Hermosa Beach "Hole". My cell, work cell and 2-way pager all go out of service in this large area of Hermosa.

Due to the nature of my work and the fact that I may be on the phone for hours at a time working on a network problem with people overseas, having a call-only household does not make sense at all because I would be dropping calls often and going through batteries like crazy.

**whitak24** · 06-14-2004, 08:57 AM

[QUOTE=Burzhui][QUOTE=whitak24](first had cable internet and now ethernet).

ummmmm yeaaaa

when i first moved into my building (which is owned by the university), they had not yet wired it for ethernet (they're in the process of wiring all the CU apartment buildings). so i got cable internet through TWC. but then last month they finally got around to running ethernet in my building. so i got rid of the cable inet and now have ethernet, which is both faster and more reliable (did i mention cheaper?)

**ufcrusher** · 06-14-2004, 10:58 AM

Personally, I will never get rid of my land lines. I routinely have to fax things, so the fax line is a must and will follow me where ever I go. As for the plain phone line, its much more reliable than a cell phone. Generally you dont have to worry about loss of service or interruptions, nor do you ever have dropped calls.

The most reliable way for people to reach me is my cell due to other people answering the home phone, but all non essential calls are given the home number.

**gwilks98** · 06-14-2004, 11:06 AM

Originally Posted by whitak24

when i first moved into my building (which is owned by the university), they had not yet wired it for ethernet (they're in the process of wiring all the CU apartment buildings). so i got cable internet through TWC. but then last month they finally got around to running ethernet in my building. so i got rid of the cable inet and now have ethernet, which is both faster and more reliable (did i mention cheaper?)

I think you're mis-using the term "ethernet" which is a networking protocol standard defined by IEEE's 802.3 documentation. It doesn't necessarily mean you have high speed internet access, or even internet access at all. Burz, I'm guessing that he means his apartment complex at first wasn't wired with their own network with high speed, so he had to get his own.

Oh and whitak, consider yourself lucky. My cable access at home is much more reliable than my university's. The DHCP server was ALWAYS going down or running out of leases. It was awfully hard to participate in that revolutionary "Napster" thing.

**whitak24** · 06-14-2004, 11:15 AM

ok, i see your point. let me clarify: the university wired the building with ethernet cable to connect it to the university's internet gateway.

is that better?

**guiseppewv** · 06-14-2004, 03:27 PM

Originally Posted by avlena

i have a landline so i can give it out to people i don't want calling my cell... like doctor offices, businesses, etc.

and for DSL too.. but mainly because I just didn't want to have random people interupting me in the middle of the day to tell me i need to come in for a cleaning. :p

By the way...you need to go in for a cleaning.

**gwilks98** · 06-14-2004, 04:14 PM

Originally Posted by whitak24

ok, i see your point. let me clarify: the university wired the building with ethernet cable to connect it to the university's internet gateway.

is that better?

<grin> I got what you were saying. Go beat up Burz.

**Devhux** · 06-14-2004, 04:26 PM

Lack of solid reception in my place by any of the cell providers in my area kinda hampers my decision to ditch the landline. I'm hoping that part of it is due to crappy phones I've tried here (most were older ones, although my brother has a new Sony Ericsson Z200 that usually works fine).

Honestly though, if I could live with the odd dropped call, I'm sure I could find a plan that would let me use just a cell phone. Of course, with my nasty habit of forgetting to charge a lot of my devices when I need them most, it probably would end up being out of power a few times as well.

The big problem is that I can't easily ask for phone recommendations because I'm in Canada -- and thus we don't have as many great phones as the States do.

**kimchicowboy** · 06-14-2004, 05:04 PM

Originally Posted by Nija

Me and PG both have cellphones (with seperate providers)

The only reason we would need a landline would be for the front door, so i wouldn't have to sit out front and wait for the pizza guy

is it for a callbox for an apartment complex? if so, you can check to see if you can get the number changed to your cell phone. that's what my landlord did for me since i didn't have a landline.

and no, no landline. what's nice about korea is that all incoming calls are free. and all text-messages are free. therefore, if people are super stingy (like i am), we just make a hell of a lot of text messages unless we really gotta talk.

**Bires** · 06-14-2004, 05:08 PM

My wife and I have two cells, and we were none too happy to ditch our land line when cable modems became common.

[old SNL skit]
"We don't care.
We don't have to.
We're the phone company."
[/skit]

**Nija** · 06-14-2004, 07:08 PM

Originally Posted by kimchicowboy

is it for a callbox for an apartment complex? if so, you can check to see if you can get the number changed to your cell phone. that's what my landlord did for me since i didn't have a landline.

Yeah, I asked about that. My landlord said it couldn't be done