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I miss a landline #8062300
01/28/24 06:10 AM
01/28/24 06:10 AM
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Philippines, s.e. asia,ohio
west river rogue Offline OP
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really do but cost prohibitive as a retired person.....Never thought I would miss it so much. Maybe its just a seniors reflection.

Re: I miss a landline [Re: west river rogue] #8062311
01/28/24 07:25 AM
01/28/24 07:25 AM
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Piney va. soon be 19
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turned ours off a month ago and so far i sure don't miss all the junk/scam calls


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Re: I miss a landline [Re: cotton] #8062312
01/28/24 07:27 AM
01/28/24 07:27 AM
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Philippines, s.e. asia,ohio
west river rogue Offline OP
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Originally Posted by cotton
turned ours off a month ago and so far i sure don't miss all the junk/scam calls

you get them on cell also.

Re: I miss a landline [Re: west river rogue] #8062320
01/28/24 07:43 AM
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Until recently I had to have a landline because the internet service also came from the phone company. It rarely wrung and when it did everybody ignored it. Don't have to keep the landline anymore and don't miss it at all.
WWR, what do you miss about it?

Re: I miss a landline [Re: west river rogue] #8062326
01/28/24 07:52 AM
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Philippines, s.e. asia,ohio
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I miss the fact of being rural having to depend on signal strength. Also having a phone my son can use without all the time on the net.

Re: I miss a landline [Re: west river rogue] #8062328
01/28/24 07:57 AM
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Getting signal can sometimes be a pain. Some carriers are better than others in certain areas.

Re: I miss a landline [Re: west river rogue] #8062358
01/28/24 08:38 AM
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Family friend has a ranch in Montana and they still need a landline to make calls. We used to get far more spam calls on the landline compared to cell. Maybe because I can block numbers on cell?

Re: I miss a landline [Re: west river rogue] #8062363
01/28/24 08:46 AM
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I don't miss Long distance bills


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Re: I miss a landline [Re: west river rogue] #8062369
01/28/24 08:54 AM
01/28/24 08:54 AM
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I dropped my land lines at home and at camp many years ago, don't miss them a bit.

I dropped the one at home first.

My camp is in a rural area of north-central PA. My property is the last stop for electric and phone service and cell service used to suck. I had some older members with health issues back then and kept the land line in case of emergencies. When cell service improved to the point where you got service inside camp and didn't have to walk up the side of the ridge out back, I dropped the land line.

I still keep and land line for my business and fax. The spam calls and faxes are frequent and never-ending. The "Do Not Call" registries are a completely useless joke of program.

At least with my cell phone I can block spam callers. If I don't recognize the number I don't answer. If no message is left by that caller I block that number. I have hundreds of numbers blocked. After a while it seems to help. I get three or four times the spam calls on my business land line that I do on my cell phone.


Eh...wot?

Re: I miss a landline [Re: west river rogue] #8062372
01/28/24 08:55 AM
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We still have ours. We pay 20$ a month for it so it doesn't break the bank.


Give me a fish, I will eat for a day. Teach me to fish, I will eat for a lifetime
Re: I miss a landline [Re: west river rogue] #8062376
01/28/24 08:59 AM
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I have a landline. What I miss is phonebooks. Cant call anyone without getting a number from them first


Those who would give up essential liberty, to purchase a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety. Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790)
Re: I miss a landline [Re: danny clifton] #8062388
01/28/24 09:11 AM
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Originally Posted by danny clifton
I have a landline. What I miss is phonebooks. Cant call anyone without getting a number from them first

I find many numbers online

Re: I miss a landline [Re: west river rogue] #8062426
01/28/24 10:07 AM
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Don't miss my landline. It was out of service way to much. They never could fix it. And that was a pain as I was on call a lot.

Re: I miss a landline [Re: west river rogue] #8062472
01/28/24 11:02 AM
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I don't miss them

Re: I miss a landline [Re: west river rogue] #8062484
01/28/24 11:14 AM
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Internet is tied in with AT&T we don't answer if they don't display a name.


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Re: I miss a landline [Re: west river rogue] #8062544
01/28/24 12:37 PM
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We canceled the home line years ago, no one called it anymore except scammers,.Unfortunately cell service, in spite of the glowing ads, is going backwards.
It's all of the providers too, dropped calls, unintelligible voices , text failures, I can't get a call in my backyard, gotta go inside and sit by the wifi ,it's become very frustrating, and I live in a populated county with "full" coverage....

Re: I miss a landline [Re: west river rogue] #8062567
01/28/24 01:12 PM
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Originally Posted by west river rogue
really do but cost prohibitive as a retired person.....Never thought I would miss it so much. Maybe its just a seniors reflection.


That’s why I water trap smile

Re: I miss a landline [Re: west river rogue] #8062661
01/28/24 03:18 PM
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Still have both same as do my two brothers

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Re: I miss a landline [Re: west river rogue] #8062663
01/28/24 03:21 PM
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still have a landline, no cell phone. We don't get many unwanted calls, maybe 1-2 /week.
Get the internet thru the phone company too.


Heck, I still have a rotary phone on my desk that I use.

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Re: I miss a landline [Re: west river rogue] #8062683
01/28/24 04:15 PM
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Glenville WV is the only place I know of that still has Dial up internet.


God please keep they 19 fallen UBB miners out of trouble up there.
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