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Silent3

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10. I have a landline, but it's through my cable company

Sun Dec 1, 2013, 03:44 PM

Dec 2013

It can still work when the power is out because there's battery back-up for the cable modem, but it's still not quite as reliable as POTS during a blackout. Between that and our cell phones, however, I'd say we're pretty well covered for emergencies.

The house is wired for a POTS landline, which we used for the first couple of years in this house, but the pricing from the cable company got too good to pass up.

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New telephones are on their way. [View all] MineralMan Dec 2013 OP

I added a POTS poll to this. MineralMan Dec 2013 #1

still have a LL sweetapogee Dec 2013 #5

Ah...good idea. I don't have one of those systems. MineralMan Dec 2013 #6

I'm a volunteer FF sweetapogee Dec 2013 #11

Other. LWolf Dec 2013 #2

I haven't had a landline since 2006, when I got my first cell phone. Vashta Nerada Dec 2013 #3

Lots of people seem to have dumped their landline. MineralMan Dec 2013 #4

AT&T is a real jerk about landlines kimbutgar Dec 2013 #7

Switched over to a VOIP landline (Ooma) a while ago SeattleVet Dec 2013 #8

My wife and I got our first cellphone in 1991. MineralMan Dec 2013 #9

I have a landline, but it's through my cable company Silent3 Dec 2013 #10

My parents get their phone service from the cable company, too. MineralMan Dec 2013 #13

Ours is much more reliable than that. n/t Silent3 Dec 2013 #19

They live out on a farm, and they lose their cable MineralMan Dec 2013 #21

It would be impossible (with the tech-shield in my roof) to not have a landline. ScreamingMeemie Dec 2013 #12

Yah, that'll protect you against star seed transmissions, too. MineralMan Dec 2013 #16

remember how before smartphones the trend in cell phones was to make them tinier and tinier? nt arely staircase Dec 2013 #14

There was an old SNL sketch about really tiny cell phones. MineralMan Dec 2013 #17

In the movie Zoolander, Will Ferrell played a crazy fashionista with a tiny, tiny phone. Arugula Latte Dec 2013 #24

Ah, maybe that's what I'm thinking of. MineralMan Dec 2013 #25

I had a very small little stupid flip phone for a while. MineralMan Dec 2013 #18

to me, the sound quality is so much better on the old cord phones. northoftheborder Dec 2013 #15

Haven't had a landline since I moved out of my parents house tabbycat31 Dec 2013 #20

I'd miss my antique phones. Really. MineralMan Dec 2013 #22

NO..we kept getting too many solicitor calls on our landline number.. Tikki Dec 2013 #23

Like you pipi_k Dec 2013 #26

See how smart you are... MineralMan Dec 2013 #28

No. People who knew us always called our cell phones gollygee Dec 2013 #27

Yes, and no mobile. enlightenment Dec 2013 #29

None of the above. Chan790 Dec 2013 #30

I've got one, but don't use it for non-emergency calls anymore Posteritatis Dec 2013 #31

I still have a land line. murielm99 Dec 2013 #32

Land line CFLDem Dec 2013 #33

Does Vonage count? Ron Obvious Dec 2013 #34

We aren't connected to the copper thatgemguy Dec 2013 #35

I suppose it will all die out someday. MineralMan Dec 2013 #36

Gave up the POTS and bundled with cable Maeve Dec 2013 #37

My ATT land line will soon be cut off Piedras Dec 2013 #38

If it works in a similar way to the Ooma system... SeattleVet Dec 2013 #50

ATT Wireless Home Phone Piedras Dec 2013 #53

Yes and I also have a couple of cell phones. I mostly use the cell phone but still want to keep Raine Dec 2013 #39

Having spent too much of my life with some form of 'communications device'........... wandy Dec 2013 #40

If the power goes out I have a cell phone... cynatnite Dec 2013 #41

Towers don't all have emergency back up power. Kaleva Dec 2013 #49

I'll worry about that when the next apocalypse happens... cynatnite Dec 2013 #52

I have a landline, but it's forwarded via Google Voice. Xithras Dec 2013 #42

We both retired from the phone company over 10 years ago IDemo Dec 2013 #43

Cell phone only is great until you think your house is on fire and ... Hassin Bin Sober Dec 2013 #46

Land line for most calls Go Vols Dec 2013 #44

Internet, cell, pots seemed like overkill and way too much money. Warren Stupidity Dec 2013 #45

I still have my POTS with a wired phone tech3149 Dec 2013 #47

Better enjoy your POTS while you can.. MicaelS Dec 2013 #48

Nope. I go purely on cell these days. backscatter712 Dec 2013 #51