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Post by junebug on Dec 18, 2019 12:12:54 GMT -5
Got rid of ours several years ago.
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Post by emmjay on Dec 18, 2019 13:07:14 GMT -5
We never got one when we moved over the summer. This is my first time without one.
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Post by joywt on Dec 18, 2019 14:41:12 GMT -5
Haven’t had a landline in almost twenty years. It is just the two of us, no kids or anything so there just didn’t seem to be a reason to have one. When I think about it though, the only people I personally know who still have landlines are over the age of 70. None of my friends have children old enough to be at home alone, though when they reach that age my friends will probably buy them their own cell phones rather than get a landline. Last year my mother-in-law went over to my brother and sister-in-law’s house to babysit for them and forgot to bring her cell phone because she doesn’t often carry it with her. My sister-in-law freaked out when she found out (which was after my MIL was done babysitting because my MIL didn’t tell her until then) because they have no landline so if something had happened then she had no way to contact them or even call 911. My MIL told my SIL that she would have gone to the neighbors if there was an emergency and my SIL said “what if the neighbors aren’t home?”
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Post by Mamapalooza on Dec 18, 2019 15:34:45 GMT -5
Oh bullshit. Thinking back on all the homes I've lived in, the phone in no way served as an anchor for the family, and its absence for the last 6 years has in no way led to a less cohesive family in my home. If families have issues with wayward members or lack of closeness, a phone bolted to the wall is not going to help you out there.
I'd argue that the proliferation of smartphones has led to MORE monitoring of one another - there's apps for that where you can track your kids (or spouse or dog) in real time. You can monitor your home and and the functions within quite well.
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Post by Inky on Dec 18, 2019 21:27:56 GMT -5
I'm not sure exactly what our landline is, we dropped Bell Canada about 3 years ago and went to a Koodo phone - so it's a cell signal that goes to a hub, which our cordless phones are plugged into. Nothing changed except the price and the stuff!
We used to pay around $50 for a pretty basic landline. Now we pay $25 and have all display (which we LOVE) free long distance, call fwd, call answer etc. etc. I don't know why anyone stays with Bell these days.
Just as an FYI (and for you WOG) did you know if you call up Bell Canada telling them you are going to ditch your landline and want to know their rock bottom price, they have a plan that only costs $25 a month. They don't advertise it though, and only offer it as a last resort. Both my kids wanted landlines because they wanted their homes connected when they weren't there - i.e. a babysitter. The drawback is that the long distance is very expensive, but if you already have a cellphone with a plan that shouldn't matter.
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Post by Wise Old Goat on Dec 20, 2019 10:46:30 GMT -5
When we had our big storm in July we lost power for five days but it took out the fiber optic cable too so we had no phone! That’s pretty rare though. We charged our cell phones on the generator and went out to the field when we needed to use them. We were fortunate that when we lost power for 5 days a few years ago we still had a phone. I've always insisted on phones that could work without electricity and it paid off then. I even had a spare that I could loan to the battle ax neighbour because her kids didn't seem to care when *we* told them their parents were without power but once she could call direct they came over post haste and picked them up ![:lol](//storage.proboards.com/6819125/images/ootSdPWOeOobaJZc0kIU.gif)
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Post by Inky on Dec 20, 2019 15:57:04 GMT -5
When we first got the phone, we had fun taking it places. We used it around the campfire to call our neighbours (who were also sitting around the campfire) because one of the other campers was curious about it. We`ve also used it inside our truck because it has one of those outlets. Now we leave it home though.
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Post by Andee on Dec 20, 2019 20:16:20 GMT -5
We still have a landline and probably will forever. Maybe if we get rid of the VCR we will go all out and ditch the phone too
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Post by Wise Old Goat on Dec 22, 2019 11:35:39 GMT -5
We still have a landline and probably will forever. Maybe if we get rid of the VCR we will go all out and ditch the phone too I feel seen ♥
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