squeeeb

i used to not have a cellphone. everyone had one but me. then i got a cellphone but also had a landline because i needed it for the internet (which they have on computers now!) and long distance calls.

now i just have a cellphone. i don't have a landline, so i don't get a phone book nor is my name in a phone book. for a while it was odd, i would come home and want to "check my messages" then realized i don't have a machine anymore.

on some forms, it asks for home phone and cell phone. i only have a cell phone.

it's still odd for me sometimes, to not have a land line, but i don't need it.

what do you have? do you think landlines gonna eventually go away?

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telekinetic

I haven't had a land line since 2002

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Jetée

I have neither.

Did you want to have a poll option for this thread? because that'd seem to be a good way to represent the demos and subsequent responses you might receive.

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Addendum:

Land lines serve a vital function in that their reception/reliability is always preferred, and in the case of a power outage/storm/emergency situation, it is still possible to reach the authorities (assuming the phone lines are still intact). But, nowadays, most newer telephones need a power source, so unless you still have a rotary phone lying around, it's sort of a moot point in why a person would still need to be tethered to a land line.

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Zeraph

Both

thespian86

Cell Phone. iPhone to be exact.

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Shell

...yes, i do think landlines will eventually be a thing of the past. I'm like you, squeeeb, i finally gave in and got a cell phone within the past year. I quickly realized that i could save a lot of money by disconnecting my landline...not to mention that now i don't have to hassle with the phone companies lack of customer service. I feel a burden has been lifted. I only wish i had done it sooner.

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squeeeb

a poll would be cool, i don't know how to make one.

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Martian

I have a landline. The economics of it are such that I'd be stupid not to.

Magpie and I both carry cell phones as well. We have basic plans that allow us to call when we need to, while keeping costs down.

If I got rid of my landline, I'd have to increase the functionality of my cell phone to compensate. I need a good long distance rate, because my entire family is long distance. I'd also need more minutes. The net cost of my landline is $12/month, and there's absolutely no way that we could get the necessary features on even one of our cell phones for that amount, let alone both of them.

We're considering getting rid of one of the cell phones when the contract expires, and using one between the two of us.

Honestly, I'd get rid of the cell first if I were going to choose. I do prefer to have both; each one serves a different purpose.

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Xerxys

I have a cell phone. Only.

spindles

both. and I have the phone that doesn't need power lying around if needed. Biggest issue with that? My phone uses the same cable as my internet (not an ip phone though), and the cable company has their lines strung on the power lines. If there is a power line down, then most likely I'll have no phone anyway.

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Punk.of.Ages

I have neither currently, but when i do have a phone it's always a cell phone. We have a service here that gives unlimited minutes, long distance or otherwise, for roughly $35.00 a month. I'd rather have a cel than a land line, so I don't see the point in both.

I've never had a land line...

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Vana

I have neither. The economics of it are such that I'd be stupid not to.

Selling nothing is the biggest opening market for the future.

Martian

Vana: Your anti-consumerist rhetoric, while intriguing, is not practical.

Tell me, what do you use to contribute to these forums?

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Vana

Yes I know.

I expect a max of three years before the requirments for normal web surfing are too great for the simple machine I have. That will be it. I'm not spending hundreds, thousands of dollars a year to check my emails and watch documentaries. Life is too valuable to spend it working. And with the tax system as it is, it is criminal to pay tax, and buying a computer finances the resource wars in central Africa for transister components, kills Iraqis to produce the plastic casing, and enslaves young Asian women to assemble.

So, as I say, three years max. Electronics is bad stuff, never mind post consumer, or the alienated drone it turns you into.

Fotzlid

I rather enjoy being an alienated drone myself but thats another story.

We have both though for the life of me I don't know why. We could easily ditch the land line. Guess we keep it out of habit more than anything.

Punk.of.Ages

Cut that chain that is material possession and live life!

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Charlatan

I have no land line.

My wife, son and I all have mobile phones. We use Skype or Skype out for long distance calls.

We have no need of a land line.

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dlish

i have a cellphone.

what more do i need

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jewels

Both. In lands where hurricanes can change life situations in a moment, we've learned that it's tough to charge your cell phone with no power or access to gasoline. Some of us have even pulled the old corded phones out of the closet for this purpose.

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Reese

I have both and want neither. I wouldn't have a Landline but I can't get DSL without it. I have a cellphone that I barely use although I could see me using it more often if I could get rid of my landline.

Jewels, weird, When we had an ice storm this winter we didn't have power or landline service. The only way we could communicate is cellphones. You were screwed if you didn't have a car charger though cause those things sold out about as fast as batteries, flash lights, candles and kerosene.

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noodle

Cell only. I got rid of my landline after the hurricanes came through because we found where I was living that the phone lines were bundled with the power lines so when one went down, so did the other. It didn't make any sense. Then, after I moved, which I did several times, it just ended up being one more voicemail I had to check. I was never home. Now, unfortunately, I'm home a lot, but I've got a cell plan that suits me and a work cell if I'm desperate with no minutes. I live in a populated enough area that if I had a major need, I could run outside and scream or walk to somewhere that has a pay phone. If I had quarters, lol.

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rickysymo

I have a cellphone and a landline. Probably I just got used to having a landline that is why I decided to keep it.

The_Jazz

The_Wife and I both have cells, we have a landline and we use Skype to talk to my folks so that they can see the kids (the age of video phones is here, folks, but where's my damn flying car?).

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Leto

1 landline (Ma Bell @ $19.95 plus tax per month)
5 cell phones:
- 2 pay as you go from Rogers - $10 / month
- 1 rogers corporate acct grandfathered from an old company -but it's a $300 free hardware upgrade per year, unlimited data / minutes & only $4.95 SAF) for $21.00 plus tax per month
- 1 company cell (Bell mobility - free for me)
- 1 Fido pay as you go - $10/month

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dogzilla

I have wired phone plus two Tracfones that my wife and I use when we are out. Cell phone service around here is spotty once I get away from the towns where I live and work, with a large dead zone west and a large spotty zone east. North and south is good since I live near the NY State Thruway

Halanna

We have both.

We only give out your cell numbers to those we actually want calling us. For other stuff, like when you're in Best Buy and they ask for your number, and other reasons, we give out the home number so they can sell it to other people all they want.

Generally the home number phone ringers are turned off so we never hear it ring. Plus in the event of a hurricane and we can't get a cell phone signal, we have the land line.

It is funny though, I pick up the phone once in a while and thumb through missed calls. The phone holds 50. They are all "out of area" or long distance area codes that are just sales/garbage calls.

genuinegirly

Only a cell phone. My office has a land line.
I like it this way.

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settie

I just need my cellphone. I'll never have anything but.

Vana

Not much further to go on that. All my worldly possessions total about 8 kilos.

There are just too many cons: the phone system has a monthly bill scheme, this is an endless cycle of work and pay. The phones, like many gizmos are designed to break, the progress of the tech means that every few years a whole new cell phone is needed. There seems to be more and more evidence of cell phones causing brain cancer, and as I say, pay-rolling the mega-tech-corps is not moral, ultimately this is what funds the global system of wars and labor/resource exploitation. As does the tax. It isn't easy to get away from a life of crime and convinience. But I think the benefits are worth it, both in living a free life, and in not destroying the environment and the lives of others to have the latest iPhone.

Meditrina

I have to have both a cellphone and a landline. My cell does not get a signal while I am at my house. It is very frustrating and I would love to just have a cellphone and one bill.

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Corneo

I haven't had a land line since my freshmen year in college. I picked up a cell phone in my sophomore year and have been using my cell phone for communications since. There has been times where a land line would have been more useful than a cell phone. One time I had a phone interview for a position with my employer's competitor. However, I didn't want to take the call at work for obvious reasons. I ended up using my cellphone to talk for an hour in a parking lot because that was the only place I could get decent reception. It definitely sucked because the interviewer would asks technical questions over the phone and I had to work them out on paper while using my steering wheel as a writing surface.

LordEden

I usually only have a cell phone, but had to get DSL this time around so I have a land line. I don't have a phone hooked to it or know the number. Got it only for DSL, I don't have a need for one anymore.

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Plan9

Cell only. I live like a cosmic hobo... so I need to keep commo on my person.

This thread reminds me of that awesome dial up noise from a 9600 baud modem.

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Landline only. I leave the house so people can't call me.

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Vinrej

No landline. I ditch it in favor of VoIP service. I am using Onesuite voip for long distance calls. I got prepaid mobile phone for emergencies and so far it all working well.

absorbentishe

Cell only! Our plan is really good, and have dsl, so why have a land line??

Wes Mantooth

Cell phone here. I don't really see the point in owning a landline anymore. I can use the cell on the move or when I'm at home and only one bill...YAY technology!

Actually come to think of it I don't think I know anybody that still uses a landline. But I do know several who have their phone running through cable...does that count as a landline?

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Daniel_

I have both, but the landline is bundled with broadband and cable TV, so it's not a choice it's just HERE...

If I didn't have it, I'd be fine with just a mobile.

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wooÐs

Cell only here. In the beginning, it was great as I didn't have any sales calls like I did with my landline. But as years have passed, my number's made its rounds and I'm starting to get them again. So whenever I get a call that I don't recognize, I just flip my phone open and then hang up on them real quick. If it wasn't a sales call, they'll call back and I'll answer.

Ratman

Cell, landline, and VoiP. The cell and landline are bundled with my internet and really cheap. The VoiP is for easy contact with people I need to contact in the states (banks don't do Skype). In Japan, it's really obvious because of prefixes if a phone is a cell or landline. To be considered really legitimate, as a foreigner, you need both on your business card, even though the landline is rarely used.

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