travlincub321
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Hmmmm.. I wonder why this is free.. I started laughing... So few people have land lines
I guess i know why this is Free on Craigslist
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autowasherfreak
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I actually miss having a land line. I love my cell, but it would be nice to have a land line again. Now that I'm working again I have been thinking about getting a land line, Vonage, or phone through our cable company.
I am 28 and I have a land line.
Mine is through Time Warner Cable. It's inexpensive enough, but the sound quality is not as good as with the traditional phone company. Also, it take a long time for the dial tone to come on when you lift the receiver.
When I called Time Warner to inquire about service, I asked if I could dial out with my rotary dial phones. THEY ACTUALLY HAD TO CALL AN ENGINEER!!!! Yes, it works with rotary dial. Would I do it again? No way! With the traditional phone company, the phone (as long as it's not a cordless) will function during a power failure. A phone through a cable modem will not function when the power is out.
Also, when you call 911 from a land line phone, they know the address from which the call came, which can be handy if you are cut off before you can give your location. I have lived here for about 9 months, and I have dialed 911 a 3 times (2 car crashes in the nearby intersection and a crazy guy firing a gun). I called in the car accidents immediately in case of injuries and to get the mess cleaned up and investigated quickly. The gun, on the other hand, just really pissed me off so I called it in immediately to get him off the street and separated from his gun before he hurt or killed anyone.
Also, my housemate constantly forgets to take his cell phone or its battery is perpetually dead. When I am out, calling the house can sometimes get him on the line.
Gracious good afternoon. Have I reached the party to whom I am speaking?
Dave
Mine is through Time Warner Cable. It's inexpensive enough, but the sound quality is not as good as with the traditional phone company. Also, it take a long time for the dial tone to come on when you lift the receiver.
When I called Time Warner to inquire about service, I asked if I could dial out with my rotary dial phones. THEY ACTUALLY HAD TO CALL AN ENGINEER!!!! Yes, it works with rotary dial. Would I do it again? No way! With the traditional phone company, the phone (as long as it's not a cordless) will function during a power failure. A phone through a cable modem will not function when the power is out.
Also, when you call 911 from a land line phone, they know the address from which the call came, which can be handy if you are cut off before you can give your location. I have lived here for about 9 months, and I have dialed 911 a 3 times (2 car crashes in the nearby intersection and a crazy guy firing a gun). I called in the car accidents immediately in case of injuries and to get the mess cleaned up and investigated quickly. The gun, on the other hand, just really pissed me off so I called it in immediately to get him off the street and separated from his gun before he hurt or killed anyone.
Also, my housemate constantly forgets to take his cell phone or its battery is perpetually dead. When I am out, calling the house can sometimes get him on the line.
Gracious good afternoon. Have I reached the party to whom I am speaking?
Dave
I am currently dealing with a family medical crisis and have been very frustrated in recent days by the trademark inferiority of disjointed cell phone transmission quality. Technologically, cell phones are flat out not up to speed, and and can't compete with a land line in this regard. As a result, my increased appreciation for the phenomenally reliable and crystal clear transmission quality of the venerable land line has only served to reinforce my insistence on never being without one.
Also, again dealing with the current medical situation, trying to contact people who only have cell phones can be a losing proposition. They turn them off before bed or set the ringer to silent. A landline is going to ring and get a response when an urgent call has to be made in the middle of the night. EVERYONE here should give that scenario some serious thought.
I would never, ever, have a cell phone as my only form of telecommunication. Even after a natural disaster, a land line is more likely to perform than a cell phone. A moderate earthquake that happened locally a while back proved this when complaints poured in that cell phones didn't work. This was a minor shaker as far as earthquakes go, and the landline service didn't even miss a beat, but the cell towers were overloaded.
Solar flares? Not a problem. No windows in the building? Not a problem. Battery dead? What battery? We don't need no stinking batteries!
There is, in fact, no contest. Landlines RULE!
Also, again dealing with the current medical situation, trying to contact people who only have cell phones can be a losing proposition. They turn them off before bed or set the ringer to silent. A landline is going to ring and get a response when an urgent call has to be made in the middle of the night. EVERYONE here should give that scenario some serious thought.
I would never, ever, have a cell phone as my only form of telecommunication. Even after a natural disaster, a land line is more likely to perform than a cell phone. A moderate earthquake that happened locally a while back proved this when complaints poured in that cell phones didn't work. This was a minor shaker as far as earthquakes go, and the landline service didn't even miss a beat, but the cell towers were overloaded.
Solar flares? Not a problem. No windows in the building? Not a problem. Battery dead? What battery? We don't need no stinking batteries!
There is, in fact, no contest. Landlines RULE!
autowasherfreak
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We are getting a land line starting on the 23rd, another number for me to try and remember, LOL.
We still have a land line, and I wouldn't be without my answering machine.
perc-o-prince
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So few people have land lines
Maybe that's so in Nevada, but a land line is still pretty much normal to have here. I suspect that people who are "cell phone only" is more the exception than the rule.
Come to think of it, I don't know anyone I call with any frequency (or infrequency) that has only a cell phone, which is probably why every major retailer has such a varied display of them still!! They won't devote that much space, let alone variety, to something that won't sell!
IMHO,
Chuck
Maybe that's so in Nevada, but a land line is still pretty much normal to have here. I suspect that people who are "cell phone only" is more the exception than the rule.
Come to think of it, I don't know anyone I call with any frequency (or infrequency) that has only a cell phone, which is probably why every major retailer has such a varied display of them still!! They won't devote that much space, let alone variety, to something that won't sell!
IMHO,
Chuck
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p.s.-
Ours is through Verizon, bundled with Fios cable and internet.
Chuck
Ours is through Verizon, bundled with Fios cable and internet.
Chuck
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no cel phone here
I recently got rid of my cel phone. At one time I actually had 2. Glad to be rid of them. When I'm not working (work out of the house), I'm generally out having fun and really don't want to be bothered.
I made this decision after thinking one night how we got along before cel phones. Quite well, actually. Not as many bothers.
I know it is a necessity for some folks to have a cel phone as pay phones are becoming as extinct as Dinosaurs. Perhaps we can get oil out of them? I guess that's one for Al Gore to look into since he "invented" the Internet, rec'd a Nobel Prize, and whatever else he got for his book. (too bad it wasn't the most accurate book in the world, but what do you expect from a politician?)
I know some people have cel phones for safety reasons, and that's cool. It's just those pesky driving texters that really irk me. And "today's generation" who doesn't know what life is like without them or the Internet, I kind of feel sorry for them as what would they do if the technology goes down for a while? Odds are, they'd be lost. (If any of you watched NCIS last night, that was a prime example).
Enough of that rant. Thanks for listening!
Sorry for getting so off-topic.
P
I recently got rid of my cel phone. At one time I actually had 2. Glad to be rid of them. When I'm not working (work out of the house), I'm generally out having fun and really don't want to be bothered.
I made this decision after thinking one night how we got along before cel phones. Quite well, actually. Not as many bothers.
I know it is a necessity for some folks to have a cel phone as pay phones are becoming as extinct as Dinosaurs. Perhaps we can get oil out of them? I guess that's one for Al Gore to look into since he "invented" the Internet, rec'd a Nobel Prize, and whatever else he got for his book. (too bad it wasn't the most accurate book in the world, but what do you expect from a politician?)
I know some people have cel phones for safety reasons, and that's cool. It's just those pesky driving texters that really irk me. And "today's generation" who doesn't know what life is like without them or the Internet, I kind of feel sorry for them as what would they do if the technology goes down for a while? Odds are, they'd be lost. (If any of you watched NCIS last night, that was a prime example).
Enough of that rant. Thanks for listening!
Sorry for getting so off-topic.
P
rll70sman
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Dave, it's good to hear I'm not the only youngling on here that still uses old rotary dial phones. I have two old Bell System phones (soon will be three) in my house and love them, just because they're so reliable and nostalgic. There's just something intriguing about "dialing" a phone number and hearing the "ring" of an old phone.
58limited
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I still have a land line and I hardly use my cell phone - I like having peace and quiet when I leave the house. I too have a rotary phone: 1936 American Telephone & Telegraph candlestick with a Western Electric bell box, but my main phone is a newer cordless one from RadioShack.
redcarpetdrew
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Make that an additional 2 young-lings 
Only because someone's cell phone went on 'walkabout'... LOL!
RCD
Only because someone's cell phone went on 'walkabout'... LOL!
RCD
xraytech
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I am also another youngling here who insists on having a land line. I have a Western Electric rotary phone, a Western Electric rotary wall phone, and an AT&T touch tone trimline for those occasions where you have to press "1" for English or "0" to speak to a customer service representative.
Our land line is Verizon and is bundled with DSL internet, and Direct Tv(cable service is unavailable in our area)
I have a cell phone through AT&T which is for emergency purposes in the car, also handy when flea marketing. cellular service is too unreliabl ein the very rural area where I live so the cell phone service is very dodgey at home so a land line is a necessity
Our land line is Verizon and is bundled with DSL internet, and Direct Tv(cable service is unavailable in our area)
I have a cell phone through AT&T which is for emergency purposes in the car, also handy when flea marketing. cellular service is too unreliabl ein the very rural area where I live so the cell phone service is very dodgey at home so a land line is a necessity
Rotary phones are yet another reason I'm hanging on to my land line. I have four of them connected here and let me tell you, when I'm outside, I have no trouble hearing the phone(s) ring, and the sound of brass gongs will never be mistaken for some sort of made-in-China electronic chirping nonsense.
While I own phones as old as 1931, all sets I have hooked up currently are 1950's vintage WECo 500 models. I never cared for them until I pulled out my seriously early model 500 from 1950 and lifted its heavy beefy (style G1) handset to my shoulder and cradled it, an activity that is much more difficult to do with the older style (F1) handsets. I haved deployed 500's exclusively ever since. The older sets are nice to look at and more of a novelty to use, but when you're on a conference call and writing or typing at the same time, there is no match for the functionality of a G1 handset. And with a 500 model, you will never have anyone ask "Does that phone work?" because we all know the answer to that: "They always work."
I've attached a picture of my prized 500 dated 10/50 (coiled handset cord is my preference but originally it would have had a straight one--and as we all know straight is boring). This phone is 59 years old and will still be ringing loudly and carrying calls long after the toxic e-waste dumps in China are overflowing with junk cell phones.
While I own phones as old as 1931, all sets I have hooked up currently are 1950's vintage WECo 500 models. I never cared for them until I pulled out my seriously early model 500 from 1950 and lifted its heavy beefy (style G1) handset to my shoulder and cradled it, an activity that is much more difficult to do with the older style (F1) handsets. I haved deployed 500's exclusively ever since. The older sets are nice to look at and more of a novelty to use, but when you're on a conference call and writing or typing at the same time, there is no match for the functionality of a G1 handset. And with a 500 model, you will never have anyone ask "Does that phone work?" because we all know the answer to that: "They always work."
I've attached a picture of my prized 500 dated 10/50 (coiled handset cord is my preference but originally it would have had a straight one--and as we all know straight is boring). This phone is 59 years old and will still be ringing loudly and carrying calls long after the toxic e-waste dumps in China are overflowing with junk cell phones.
I have both and won't give up my land line.
danemodsandy
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And...
...A land line gives you dial-up access to the Internet on those occasions when the cable company is having a bad hair day. That can be a lifesaver if you do business via Internet, as I do.
...A land line gives you dial-up access to the Internet on those occasions when the cable company is having a bad hair day. That can be a lifesaver if you do business via Internet, as I do.
I am 26 and still have a landline. I have a total of 3 rotary phones, One from the 30's, one from the 50's and a pink princess phone. In addition I also have an origianl early 1900's crank wall phone, that still works. It has all it's original parts inside of it, but a transformer has been added, then a dial has been mounted into the wall next to it so you can dial out, without turning the crank.
