Well, if you have a cordless phone, you still have to worry about charging batteries. Plus, it's a big waste of money to pay for the same service twice. If you can afford the luxury, I suppose it makes sense.

Why would you be more likely to misplace a cell phone rather than your keys or your wallet/purse?

I compromise.  We do not use our home phone much, so we switched to a low rate VOIP plan from Vonage.  For $16 I get 500 minutes of outgoing call time. (which we never use anyway)  We also have the peace of mind and cell phones as back up.  Besides cell phone call quality is only fair from our house.  Yes, if the power goes out I lose service, but then we can use our cell phone.  Furthermore, we have calls are forwarded to a cell phone in the event of a loss of service.

When we had a landline, 75% of our calls were folks wanting to sell us products or get our vote. We've been cell only for 2 years, and have never had a problem. We've stayed in touch with family, never had someone who couldn't reach us, and we needed to call 911 once. Never a problem and $40 x 24 months = $960 saved and NOT ONE product call or politician, which is priceless.

I only have a cell phone and I'm doing just fine with it and the cheapest plan($39.99 a month plus a the employee discount), the biggest thing too that the cell phone is great for is using it as an alarm clock...that way when the power goes out my phone will awake me.

Hope you can find the battery charger when the cell phone goes dead.

I no longer use a land-line.  Have been using only a cell phone for the past 6 years.  For $40 bucks a month with free long distance included. It works well for me since i do not talk on the phone a lot.

I've been cell phone only for more than 2 years, and I've never had a problem.  I always keep my phone charged, and I get great reception in my apartment.  I just can't justify the extra expense of a land line right now.  The only way I would get a land line (or digital phone/VOIP) is if I started working from home every day, rather than a couple times a month, because I'd run out of cell minutes, otherwise.

what happens when you live in the country and 90% of your calls get dropped. Nothing is more maddening than interupted or dropped calls.

hey chip you need to get a different phone company the one we have works great with are cell phones. we had a problem over 3 years ago and we switch companies. we do not have a land line.

I just recently moved into an apartment and thought it would be the "grown-up" thing to do and got a landline phone.  All I seem to get are bill collectors calling for the person who used to have my number.  My parents call me on the landline number sometimes, but my friends all call my cell phone when they want to talk.  I never go over my minutes and I'm wondering if I should just drop the landline service.

I have both! My cell phone doesn't have great reception at my residence so when I am there I set it to call forward to my landline. I still use dial-up for the internet so therefore I need the land line. If it weren't for these two reasons I would drop the landline.

Well, Christie, I'm with you. Not only can I always find the phone and never have to worry about charging it or where I put it, but I can hear it ring no matter what room I'm in; even over the TV and radio. It's also nice to be able to hear the person on the other end clearly and talk for as long as I wish (or before their cell phone quits!). For the price of one cell phone service that barely works, I get 2 land lines in my home that always work.

Christie, I dropped my landline about 4 years ago and am very happy.  I never really did receive alot of calls so it did not make since having two phone companies.  It is really great not receiving all those calls from people who are trying to sell you something or want a donation which you don't know is real or not these days.  I have to say my live is much happier having only my cell when it rings I know it is someone I want to talk to or needs me.

I also have Vonage, so if my electricity goes off it automatically goes to my cell phone.  Since my husband does not want to deal with cell phones I have to have a land line(vonage) for home, otherwise I would not spend the extra money.  

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I think land lines are completely obselete at this point, and also a complete waste of money, I cant think of one reason to have a land line. Unless you enjoy telemarketers.

We are mainly cell phone only, however for the older relatives, we use a "home based" service called Skype.  It is through the computer, but not really a VOIP line but the same principle.  It costs like $24 for a whole year of service and you can call locally for free and anyone calling you from anywhere free. For everything else we are cell phone only...and 911 can now track cell phones so emergency services isn't a concern.

Believe it or not...i have been with Cingular/AT&T for the past 7 years.  Only had a call dropped twice!!!!

I gave up my landline when I did a little math: cost me $55 a month for Verizon's very basic service + $13 a month for dial up internet = $68 a month for almost never using phone.   I switched to hi speed internet, $30 a month, and a PRE-PAID cell phone from Tracfone, average $10 a month = $40 a month.  Thats a $28 a month savings.  May seem like peanuts to some but why pay alot of money for a service you don't use.  Would I get a landline again?  Sure, when Verizon goes back to MaBell's plan of $10 a month + 10 cents a call............

Why I like cell phones is because your can take them anywhere and not miss a call.
Also in case of emergency you alway have a phone with you to make a call. I think having both Cell & Landline is a a waste of money!

We each have a cell phone and until recently needed a landline for our computer.  Now that we have satellite computer we would like to find a less expensive land line than Verizon.  Is there another company that anyone would would recommend, for example, Vonage?  

Mudlake, you should note that Vonage requires a high-speed internet connection -- a connection that works both ways, downstream (into your house) and upstream (out to the rest of the world).  If your internet connection is on satellite for downstream only, and requires a landline for upstream... Vonage will not do you any good.

If your connection is 100% via satellite, requiring NO landline at all, then Vonage MIGHT work for you.  But bear in mind that anything involving satellites usually is delayed by a second or two.  Also bear in mind that Vonage is a 100% do-it-yourself installation.  If you're not sure what you're doing, you can call tech support and they'll try to walk you through it over the phone... but there's no big orange Vonage truck they can send out to your house.

Then again, if you have cell phones and you ONLY needed the landline for your computer... do you really still need the landline at all?

I haven't had a landline in over 5 years!  I did have a reception/dropped calls problem for a while, but I switched cell companies.  Since I got Verizon Wireless, everything has been great.  I use my cell phone quite a bit and have no complaints.  I can't think of a single reason to have a landline.  I did have VOIP service for 2 years as a back-up, but even that was a waste of money, since I rarely used it.  I don't think having a landline is a "grown up" thing to do... it's just "old fashioned".

If you are looking for decent VOIP service, try Broadvoice.  It's less expensive than Vonage.  (Both require high speed internet connection.)