Do You Still Have Your Landline Phone

[Bobbisox1]

I do as well as us both having mobiles, a lot of my friends have got rid of their landlines but I'm loathe to do this ( dunno why)
Internet goes through a landline , doesn't it?

[emmie]

yes i have a landline phone, how else do you have the internet???

[Jackdaw33]

Mobile dongles for internet.

[AZardoz]

Or cable.

The link that was in the current gap also disappeared.
Do mods do this kind of stuff ?

[Barsel]

This is exactly the same as my trusted old friend. If it stopped working or I lost it, I would buy one exactly the same.I think I could get the internet on it, but I've never tried.
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Samsung-GT-E-2530/254786462517?hash=item3b5274e335:g:yAsAAOSwrNBfsUgg

[emmie]

i don't understand how you can get get the internet without a landline.
i have a laptop and have a separate landline phone, i want to keep the landline phone, whilst i also have a mobile I am with EE and get supplied both landline and Mobile connections.

[emmie]

perhaps someone can explain fully how you can dispense with your landline phone yet still get the internet.

[waterboatman]

I still have mine, my landline calls are free for the first hour. Why would I get rid of it!

[emmie]

mine too

[ducksie]

You can have free calls with whatsapp and I got rid or my landline years ago, I have a broadband box, it just works from the socket. I found no one was contacting me with the landline as most want to text etc., so now I'm online or whatever all the time,that does not mean I am on the computer but I am reachable from whatever platform my family and friends need me, either using the broadband box or mobile data on my phone, I dunno when I last paid for a phone call. I also realised before I made any call on the landline the tax on it was much higher than the initial call..

[diddlydo]

Still have landline and use it all the time (calls up to 1 hour are free)as mobile reception in our house is either rubbish or non-existent - I have to go out into the road to receive those annoying one-time security codes from e.g. my bank. I have an ancient Nokia non-smart pay-as-you-go mobile which is only used in an emergency when I'm out.

[dannyk13]

Yes, ,landline and one mobile phone.

[rowanwitch]

Yes because my older relatives won't phone mobiles, due to cost, I only have a pay as you go dumb phone and it's just easier for me as it's part of my tv and broadband package. my mobile is often living dead in the bottom of my handbag as I rarely use it now Dave has gone.

[Old_Geezer]

Of course I have a landline. No point in having all one's eggs in the same basket; what happens when the handset or the mobile network goes down ? Plus the house broadband needs a cable of some sort anyway.

[Electrochem]

When mobile 'phones first became popular, it was expensive to call them from a landline, so most people would not be willing to pay extra. The cost of calling a mobile 'phone from a landline is now much cheaper, so most people aren't bothered. That said I have kept our landline and more than that, I still have a plug in 'phone as back up in case of a power cut. No mains power is needed for the plug in type, as the supply comes off the line (70V DC I believe). We have had situations where we have had power cuts and the mobile networks have been down and our cordless 'phone can't be used.

[emmie]

i have kept the landline, it makes sense if your mobile conks out.

[gollob]

Try a dongle or mobile wifi

[zebo]

Yes, Norfolk!

[KARL]

I have just googled broadband only and the landline deals are dearer than the one we have for phone and internet, the mobile network ones are about the same but one or two where it is unclear which basis is involved is actually cheaper (John Lewis). So clearly the UK has now moved into offering ways which foreign countries had developed years ago. What for us has the greatest overall cost impact is the inability to close down (usage and billing) at will whenever we are away, everything (in the UK) is based on continuous billing for a year or more. We travel a lot and we are looking into (reluctantly) abandoning the landline concept altogether in favour of what essentially would be a mobile network based everything which is of a pay-as-you-go type. Internet will then become exclusively WiFi based (which I have resisted) and via a mobile network router. Neither of us intends to be available at all times so the actual telephone(s) (not smartphone(s) by the way) would usually stay at home (or in whichever accommodation we are staying).

[mjwman]

Best thing we did was to ditch the landline. Who has them these days anyway?
Our kids in their houses would never dream of having one.
Just need it for the broadband.
We ditched the phone about 3 years ago and never miss it at all. No nuisance calls either!

[Bobbisox1]

My daughter still has hers and I'll keep mine