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32. Live rural, keeping my landline

Reply to MineralMan (Original post)

Sat Jul 25, 2020, 12:39 PM

Jul 2020

Have my parents rotary phone, so if everything craps out, can still make an emergency call.

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I maintained a landline phone for decades, until this year. [View all] MineralMan Jul 2020 OP

I held out, and now a lady comes to walk my dog for free every day. Beakybird Jul 2020 #1

ROFLMAO! MineralMan Jul 2020 #2

Lol 😂 secondwind Jul 2020 #4

Post removed Post removed Jul 2020 #54

Century Link lost my business when they began requiring contracts. MontanaMama Jul 2020 #3

I used the number as my primary business phone. MineralMan Jul 2020 #6

Century Link's new policy on cancellation... bhcodem Jul 2020 #5

My Verizon cell phone service was not a bundle. MineralMan Jul 2020 #9

I still have my landline with Century Link. PoindexterOglethorpe Jul 2020 #7

I also cling to my landline because of sound quality. The moonscape Jul 2020 #37

I agree, the sound of a land line is certainly superior. not_the_one Jul 2020 #41

It's been 12 years for me. Goodheart Jul 2020 #8

Still Have Our Landline ProfessorGAC Jul 2020 #10

I dropped my Century Link landline many years ago. dumbcat Jul 2020 #11

We still have our landline with ATT because our cell phone service is spotty in our house Srkdqltr Jul 2020 #12

I went to cell phone only in 2005. roamer65 Jul 2020 #13

Lol, read this to my DH, who deals with AT&T for us and enjoyed Hortensis Jul 2020 #14

The only reason I keep my landline is for emergency service csziggy Jul 2020 #15

I haven't had a landline for years. PTWB Jul 2020 #16

Yes. Well, my business is home-based and I had a headset phone MineralMan Jul 2020 #18

Given how often I have to ask someone to move a little PoindexterOglethorpe Jul 2020 #48

I still have a land line phone Gothmog Jul 2020 #17

Yeah, I liked mine, too, until it quit working. MineralMan Jul 2020 #19

My house has a radiant barrier for energy conservation Gothmog Jul 2020 #21

No such problems with my mid-1950s house. MineralMan Jul 2020 #22

My landline is through Charter... Archae Jul 2020 #20

Your Charter phone is not a landline. MineralMan Jul 2020 #23

Kept my landline until a few years ago. Finally gave it up when I had to admit I was getting almost highplainsdem Jul 2020 #24

I have one. H2O Man Jul 2020 #25

I finally broke down and got a cell phone at the insistence of my wife. hunter Jul 2020 #52

I use Net Talk Duo Lars39 Jul 2020 #26

When I cancelled Comcast they kept the account open for a year with a thirty two cent balance... hunter Jul 2020 #27

I agree the net should be free I_UndergroundPanther Jul 2020 #55

Good story! customerserviceguy Jul 2020 #28

Had the same experience with Verizon Trumpocalypse Jul 2020 #29

Yeah, that's the way it is. bucolic_frolic Jul 2020 #30

This message was self-deleted by its author marie999 Jul 2020 #31

Live rural, keeping my landline cp Jul 2020 #32

I had a collection of old landline phones, MineralMan Jul 2020 #34

Keep your home number Obvious85 Jul 2020 #33

I don't think I'll bother. Since I've shifted my business number to MineralMan Jul 2020 #35

I have a landline and plan to keep it for the foreseeable future. Fla Dem Jul 2020 #36

That first lady was a liar. The fee is only if the problem is inside the house Warpy Jul 2020 #38

Yes, she was. However, I was tired of the robocalls, anyhow, and MineralMan Jul 2020 #39

CenturyLink is the worst... SeattleVet Jul 2020 #45

Back in the day ... left-of-center2012 Jul 2020 #40

Yep. About 20 years ago? yonder Jul 2020 #46

Uh oh. My primary Primary email is xyz@compuserve.com ( xyz@csi.com also works the exact same ) progree Jul 2020 #49

Sore spot tiptonic Jul 2020 #42

We cut the cord years ago, and switched to the Ooma VOIP system. SeattleVet Jul 2020 #43

I use the standard Ooma service to back up my cell phone. ooky Jul 2020 #56

keeping land line . with rotary phone for when the local utility (pg and e) AllaN01Bear Jul 2020 #44

Our land line still works fine in Germany, so we keep it. DFW Jul 2020 #47

I'm keeping my land line so safeinOhio Jul 2020 #50

Finding my cell is also the only reason I keep my landline womanofthehills Jul 2020 #51

My gated community requires a land line to be able to call the gate and authorize visitors. Towlie Jul 2020 #53