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Showing Original Post only (View all)If you still have a landline, why? [View all]
cause you have it printed on your business cards for the past 40 years? a common reason why people still have their AOL accounts
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Having an alarm system on your home that notifies PD/FD is a decent reason
Hugh_Lebowski
Oct 2022
#1
That's us. We keep our cells for family and close friends -- landline gets the spam.
Nay
Oct 2022
#33
I don't keep my phone in my pocket either, but we have handsets for the landline
Greybnk48
Oct 2022
#75
I agree that it is easier to hear on a landline; I don't even have hearing loss and have
Nay
Oct 2022
#89
My sister has one, because she and her husband live in a heavily wooded area.
bearsfootball516
Oct 2022
#10
Safety. In general wireless (radio) delivery is still inherently less reliable than
Cognitive_Resonance
Oct 2022
#31
I had an AT&Y landline for 30 years they switched over to wireless and the phone rarely worked
kimbutgar
Oct 2022
#38
I just don't wanna be one of those people glued to their phones while the world goes on around them.
CTyankee
Oct 2022
#40
The landline will work when power goes out and the battery in the cellphone has died.
Kaleva
Oct 2022
#49
Same situation here with 80 year old spouse plus we have 5 phones in house and basement hooked up
wishstar
Oct 2022
#56
Voice-over-IP phone here, going out over a physical line. Like others who responded, we're...
keep_left
Oct 2022
#61
I prefer the clarity of sound of a landline; I like the ease of it - I don't have to turn it on or
Midwestern Democrat
Oct 2022
#78
I've had internet phone service for at least 10 years and I wanted it because I could keep
Raftergirl
Oct 2022
#81