Anyone get rid of their home phone?

[skyugo]

I've only had a home phone line for about 6 months total of my adult life.

[Honu]

Glad to see Im not alone in scaling back all this stuff but seemingly a bit late to the game.

not just you but anyone else what are your reasons ?


curious if you are scaling back to save some money or just to de clutter life ? I know I am doing it for both

we keep our netflix account so many kids shows on it
ripping all my kids DVDs going to take them out of the case and store just the DVD away and get rid of clutter then stream it to any TV
trying to read books I have been wanting to them paying them forward
all future books are going to be ebooks or audio books

cleaning up old clothes etc..

some of the best times in my life was living 6 months out of a 2 man tent with nothing
next best times to now with kids was living in Honduras with 3 bags to my name lived in the Bay Islands for a year

when we moved off island to the mainland some years ago all our stuff fit in a half container now we have so much I doubt I could get it in a full container and want to cut way back and simplify life

[Honu]

double posted ?

[Honu]

I got a question for all you bug out guys, what happens when something causes a power outage or an emergency that causes and overloaded and crashes the cell networks

My humble land line will work even with when the power goes out and doesn't have to worry about crashing due to volume. It might be antiquated. But some times simple shit is the best shit.

How about them m35's, how great are those things for crossing the desert when the zombies go on strike! Just need a couple of .50's and external self sealing fuel tanks and you're golden. Don't forget the 2 year supply of MRE's... I'm just punning.

ham radio
land lines can also go down and circuits can get busy
power failures my cell has worked in the past no issue
we had lines go down when I was a kid all the time as lots of areas they are above ground and can get blown down ?

I dont think their is a perfect solution

[mr_smiles]

ham radio
land lines can also go down and circuits can get busy
power failures my cell has worked in the past no issue
we had lines go down when I was a kid all the time as lots of areas they are above ground and can get blown down ?

I dont think their is a perfect solution

Aluminum can and a few miles of string and some underground conduit. Bam! No power and easily replaced with salvaged material.

[kry226]

I am all about cutting back on expenses, and we have certainly done that, but the land line stays for us. We move so much, and signal quality is iffy from place to place. Plus, every time I have to give my number to a "business, etc.", I don't want to have to give out my cell number. Don't need my cell blowing up every time the American Red Cross calls to remind me it's time to donate more blood, telemarketers, etc.

Put me in the land line group.

[sadmin]

got rid of: land line, directTV (use antenna), nice car (got old truck), smart phone, gym membership, and refinanced home. we are really living skinny so my wife can be at home with your first baby. kind of fun though to see that the frequency of "50 dollar purchases" were raping us.

[5pins]

When we had the rolling blackouts two weeks ago I never lost cell service. I will admit I was a little surprised. Yes a landline is more reliable but I have never had an issue where I thought it was needed.

[Watrdawg]

Only reason we haven't gotten rid of our landline service is that our alarm system is monitored and if the landline is gone we would have to put in a cell station. Cost of monitoring would go up by about as much as the decrease in the landline service. We would also have to pay for the hardware of the cell station. So no real cost savings. Would make the security monitoring more reliable but no cost savings overall. I'm with Time Warner also an no other alternatives here.

[Honu]

do any of you consider a vonage line a land line ? since its really cable based or whatever your internet is ?

curious if some of you with land lines live in a area where they are all underground ?

we switched our alarm to cell and lucky for us was cheaper than the landline cost we came out ahead about $10 a month and no fear of anyone cutting the line on the house