have you sworn off landlines?

[Qujo]

wish i could. Don't get reception in my house.

 

[tfinch2]

Cell phone only when I'm at my apt.

 

[Suspicious-Teach8788]

Originally posted by: Linflas

Originally posted by: cerebusPu
whats the point of paying an additional $20 for a line that only gets telemarketer calls?

Hmm. Let see I pay Verizon $49.95 per month for the POTS line to my house. That includes any long distance calls I make to any place in the USA or Canada 365 days a year 24 hours a day, no watching minutes or anything else.

There is no cell phone plan that comes close to that.

You make me laugh. Who the hell pays 49.95 a month for freaking phone line. Get a cell phone. Even a $40 plan will be more than enough. I use something like 500 minutes every month on my 600 minute plan, and I make use of my cell phone for any long distance call in the US. As for international calls, this is where phone cards come in.

I don't want to be racist, but us Asians dont even have land lines. If we do, we only have local calling on them. Why? We get freaking cheap-as-hell phone cards. $10 buys 500 minutes to Taiwan. Beat that. Smart people use phone cards, dumb people buy long distance plans and pay a fortune. No, and we don't buy phone cards from like Verizon that cost a fortune. Buy those cheapass cards that everyone buys at 99 Ranch.

 

[GeekDrew]

Originally posted by: DLeRium

Originally posted by: Linflas

Originally posted by: cerebusPu
whats the point of paying an additional $20 for a line that only gets telemarketer calls?

Hmm. Let see I pay Verizon $49.95 per month for the POTS line to my house. That includes any long distance calls I make to any place in the USA or Canada 365 days a year 24 hours a day, no watching minutes or anything else.

There is no cell phone plan that comes close to that.

You make me laugh. Who the hell pays 49.95 a month for freaking phone line. Get a cell phone. Even a $40 plan will be more than enough. I use something like 500 minutes every month on my 600 minute plan, and I make use of my cell phone for any long distance call in the US. As for international calls, this is where phone cards come in.

I don't want to be racist, but us Asians dont even have land lines. If we do, we only have local calling on them. Why? We get freaking cheap-as-hell phone cards. $10 buys 500 minutes to Taiwan. Beat that. Smart people use phone cards, dumb people buy long distance plans and pay a fortune. No, and we don't buy phone cards from like Verizon that cost a fortune. Buy those cheapass cards that everyone buys at 99 Ranch.

I did a cost comparison a few years ago, for a friend of mine, and for the number of minutes she was on the phone, she was *far* ahead to buy the 'unlimited' plan from Verizon than she would have been by using calling cards. Your advice isn't always right.

 

[buck]

GF and i only have cells. I use ll at work though .

 

[tfinch2]

Originally posted by: DLeRium

Originally posted by: Linflas

Originally posted by: cerebusPu
whats the point of paying an additional $20 for a line that only gets telemarketer calls?

Hmm. Let see I pay Verizon $49.95 per month for the POTS line to my house. That includes any long distance calls I make to any place in the USA or Canada 365 days a year 24 hours a day, no watching minutes or anything else.

There is no cell phone plan that comes close to that.

You make me laugh. Who the hell pays 49.95 a month for freaking phone line. Get a cell phone. Even a $40 plan will be more than enough. I use something like 500 minutes every month on my 600 minute plan, and I make use of my cell phone for any long distance call in the US. As for international calls, this is where phone cards come in.

I don't want to be racist, but us Asians dont even have land lines. If we do, we only have local calling on them. Why? We get freaking cheap-as-hell phone cards. $10 buys 500 minutes to Taiwan. Beat that. Smart people use phone cards, dumb people buy long distance plans and pay a fortune. No, and we don't buy phone cards from like Verizon that cost a fortune. Buy those cheapass cards that everyone buys at 99 Ranch.

I find it comical that you speak for the entire Asian population.

 

[Scarpozzi]

I didn't get good enough cell reception in my house and am no longer single... I have no need for a cellphone.

I switched to Packet8 VOIP and can barely tell a difference between it and a landline. Once every 3 calls I hear a slight echo and it usually is when someone on the other end has a cheap cordless phone. I got an offer from Bellsouth today in the mail....they were offering me local and LD for $45 a month and $32 for DSL. I'm getting 8MB down on Comcast with 13 cable channels and unlimited Local and LD for $75 and that's including tax. The phone company would tack on about $20 in taxes and regulatory charges per month.

It would be cheaper if I switched to Sunrocket, but the quality wasn't there... (it seemed their bandwidth requirements were higher than Packet8 or the connection back to them was lacking)

 

[Imported]

Haven't had a landline in 4yrs.

 

[jagec]

Originally posted by: jndietz

Originally posted by: xSkyDrAx
did anyone else read that as landmines?

I read it as landmines, too :laugh:

I was about to post how the tactical advantages more than make up for the humanitarian angle, assuming you keep records of where you buried them.

 

[Linflas]

Originally posted by: GeekDrew

Originally posted by: DLeRium

Originally posted by: Linflas

Originally posted by: cerebusPu
whats the point of paying an additional $20 for a line that only gets telemarketer calls?

Hmm. Let see I pay Verizon $49.95 per month for the POTS line to my house. That includes any long distance calls I make to any place in the USA or Canada 365 days a year 24 hours a day, no watching minutes or anything else.

There is no cell phone plan that comes close to that.

You make me laugh. Who the hell pays 49.95 a month for freaking phone line. Get a cell phone. Even a $40 plan will be more than enough. I use something like 500 minutes every month on my 600 minute plan, and I make use of my cell phone for any long distance call in the US. As for international calls, this is where phone cards come in.

I don't want to be racist, but us Asians dont even have land lines. If we do, we only have local calling on them. Why? We get freaking cheap-as-hell phone cards. $10 buys 500 minutes to Taiwan. Beat that. Smart people use phone cards, dumb people buy long distance plans and pay a fortune. No, and we don't buy phone cards from like Verizon that cost a fortune. Buy those cheapass cards that everyone buys at 99 Ranch.

I did a cost comparison a few years ago, for a friend of mine, and for the number of minutes she was on the phone, she was *far* ahead to buy the 'unlimited' plan from Verizon than she would have been by using calling cards. Your advice isn't always right.

Bingo. My mother in law lives in Montreal and this is by far the most cost effective way to deal with that. My wife can call her mother as easily as I can call my mother right down the street without worrying about how long she has been on the phone.

 

[HappyFace]

I play too many fps games, I thought you asked "have you sworn off landmines?" at first.. I was like

 

[kitkat22]

We use VIOP only because it is a sweet deal through the city. We have one cell phone that is being paid for on my father's family plan. Personally, I don't like cell phones. I hate always being able to be tracked and especially the countless "no point" calls. Most calls I hear on campus have these lines, "Yeah, I'm just walking to class," "I'm doing nothing," "I plan on doing homework tonight," etc. I think the only reason I'll have a cell is for business only.

 

[lowfatbaconboy]

Originally posted by: Imported
Haven't had a landline in 4yrs.

 

[Demon-Xanth]

I went for a cell because I moved into an apartment, and planned on moving into a townhouse when the housing market regains it's sanity (which it's doing). Having one thing remain constant makes things easier.

 

[yowolabi]

Originally posted by: Canun
Don't own a cell phone, just have a land line.

I don't want to be at other people's beck and call.

You can do what i do, and simply not answer unless you want to. If you set a precedent from the beginning that you don't always answer, people don't expect you to in the future.