A landline costs less overtime when it is a family in the household. And, landline phones last forever. I have one on my wall in my house that has been in continuous operation since 1975 ! Cell phones cost around $100 and up, often WAY up, and people who use them all the time are always breaking them or losing them. Multiply this by 5 people in a family ! there are family cell phone rates, but it will be over $100/month for the family of 5. Even if you were one person, how many cell phones will you buy over 50 years ? Compared to my one phone ?
I keep a landline as it always works, we have alot of power outages. Yes, I have backup at my house, but the internet lines themselves only work when they have power ( people here use stationary or cell phones thru the internet, there is no cell phone service thru the cell network) And, cell towers also need power. I have spoke of this before, "they" want to get rid of our actual wired landlines, but so far, the rural areas here have won out and they are not allowed to do away with them.
Ifond the safety aspect worth the cost of my landline. It would be cheapest for me to just use a VOIP like Magic Jack, since I have internet service already, I would save about $380/year. But then, when the internet went out during power outages, I would have no phone. The landlines are very, very reliable. It is so sad and so short sighted that they are literally ripping out the lines in many places. ANd, as I said, it is cheaper to have one landline for a family than 5 cell phones, even in monthly charges, let alone the bigger saving in equipment over the years. But, the phone companies make more money if we all go to cell phones, so they love to get rid of hardwired lines and structure the rates to get people to change over.
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Re: Cell Phones
Date: 2024-11-25 04:50 am (UTC)I keep a landline as it always works, we have alot of power outages. Yes, I have backup at my house, but the internet lines themselves only work when they have power ( people here use stationary or cell phones thru the internet, there is no cell phone service thru the cell network) And, cell towers also need power. I have spoke of this before, "they" want to get rid of our actual wired landlines, but so far, the rural areas here have won out and they are not allowed to do away with them.
Ifond the safety aspect worth the cost of my landline. It would be cheapest for me to just use a VOIP like Magic Jack, since I have internet service already, I would save about $380/year. But then, when the internet went out during power outages, I would have no phone. The landlines are very, very reliable. It is so sad and so short sighted that they are literally ripping out the lines in many places. ANd, as I said, it is cheaper to have one landline for a family than 5 cell phones, even in monthly charges, let alone the bigger saving in equipment over the years. But, the phone companies make more money if we all go to cell phones, so they love to get rid of hardwired lines and structure the rates to get people to change over.
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