Landline or not?

We have kept our updated to VOIP landline, forthe simple reason, that I hate being rung on my mobile when I am out and about.

I do not want someone ringing to tell me when something is going to be delivered just when I am in the middle of the market buying vegetables, or in a restaurant chatting to a friend. I couldn't care less whether it is a text or a call, I do not want to get it. The text will not get read until I get home anyway.

All my family and friends have my mobile number and I am always contactable in an emergency.

I also find mobile phones very uncomfortable to hold. they are thin and flat and exacerbate my carpal tunnel problems and tendonitis. The more rounded shape of a landline/VOIP is far kinder on the hand and wrist.

We are with Virgin and they transferred our landline account to O2.
We don't want to give it up, as I find it difficult to use a mobile.

You don't need a landline if your mobile supports "WiFi Calling" you can connect calls directly through your WiFi (and call any number you like - it's not like an app where you can only call numbers that use the same app). My mobile phone isn't particularly fancy and it does this. It's useful if there's a weak signal too, or if your mobile connection is weak. A landline is obsolete as a necessity of you have WiFi although some people choose to have one.

I always kept my landline until recently when the price went up. I just kept it incase my mobile broke . But decided I wasn't going to pay anymore and I never used it as my deal with my mobile phone company gives me unlimited texts and phone calls for £8 a month. And if my landline rang by the time I realised it was the phone it went off. And it would have been a cold caller as I only give my mobile number.

I got rid of my landlines a couple of years ago. My brothervstill has one as his mobile signal can be intermittent. Something the companies need to address if land lines are to be phased out, which I can't see happening. Rural areas surely depend on them .

Freya5

I got rid of my landlines a couple of years ago. My brothervstill has one as his mobile signal can be intermittent. Something the companies need to address if land lines are to be phased out, which I can't see happening. Rural areas surely depend on them .

It's been addressed by "WiFi Calling" which means a mobile can call any number through the WiFi. It's an alternative if you have no or weak mobile signal.

All those with reliable mobile signals are very fortunate We are not so lucky and rely on the landline

Gwyllt

All those with reliable mobile signals are very fortunate We are not so lucky and rely on the landline

Read the post above yours.
You'll need an up to date mobile and WiFi....no phone signal involved.

Landline. No mobile reception here.

I've no need to keep up with a mobile, I talk (if I must) on landline.

I much prefer single subject short email. No excess words.

ditched our landline a couple of years ago. Internet comes via local broadband service that is community-run - we all have tiny receiving dishes on our tv aerials and those that have receiving and transmitting dishes get a refund on the annual charge (around £75 pa!!!!). It is brilliant and saves us a fortune.

I've not had a landline for years. Don't even use landlines for work. Everyone uses mobiles.

I f I have to talk then I call people on whatsapp or messenger. No need for a landline at all.

Gwyllt

All those with reliable mobile signals are very fortunate We are not so lucky and rely on the landline

You can make calls over wifi if your phone signal is no good and you seem to have wifi.

I have a mobile phone but keep it switched off so I don't have to keep charging it. I use landline most of the time. The one annoyance is banks, etc., sending texts for security reasons which entails booting up the mobile.

Haven't had a landline since about 2010! Don't miss one at all.

Only a mobile used here as we were having so many scam calls on our landline that we decided to get rid of it. Also as a diabetic, I have a Libre link on my mobile that gives my blood sugar so needed to carry my mobile wherever I go. Never regretted our decision, a lot quieter without the land line, no scam calls at all, fingers crossed that it stays that way.

I use my landline regularly, sound is much better than the mobile and at least I don't have to worry about a signal
Mine was switched to digital last year and I have never had a problem

I'm sure we have a landlines number....but I wouldn't know what it is....its been around 12 years since we used a landlines phone

ferry23

I'm hanging on to my landline for as long as I can. As I understand it some kind of back up adaptor can be provided so that it will still work in the event of a power cut.

A few reasons - at the moment using a provider that can supply you with a line for broadband without a physical landline phone is actually more expensive than taking a BT package which includes calls and a landline. I'm sure though this will probably change when the digital roll-out really gets into it's stride and competition hots up.

The second reason is that I hate this "life dependency" on mobile phones and the way they're now an appendage to your hand. Of course I see the benefits and I use mine for many things but me and my phone are not co-joined!

I have 4 landline handsets - so wherever I am in my flat a phone is close at hand. Not so with my mobile as I don't carry it about with me indoors. And as I don't have a love affair with my mobile, it could actually be anywhere - in the car, down the side of the sofa, languishing at the bottom of my handbag - usually by the time I've located it I've missed the call.

I expect I'll have to fall into line eventually, but I'm clinging on by my fingernails right now

I am with you .

Recently moved & to get Broadband have had to have a landline. No idea of the number & will never use it except for a dire emergency! My mobile has everything that I need! I keep it with me constantly as my son has dared me to go anywhere without it. It was a life saver when some meds made me so ill I passed out in the kitchen. If not for having my mobile in my pocket & telling siri to call my son I would have stayed on the floor for hours! No way I could have got to the landline!So no landline just my mobile that charges every night while I sleep & I can do everything I need on my mobile!

I've been reading about how the landline system here is due to change imminently. Do not understand it at all, Says I can still use landline but have to connect phone to modem which is in an office and I would not hear if it rang. Presently have 5 landline phones and 1 mobile. Mobile is usually a poor signal so rely on landline at all times. Have had nothing from BT to tell me this just articles in the local paper which also add that may need to buy new phones if want to continue to use a landline. Phones, TV, internet etc are all things late DH used to deal with and I'm not even sure if our landline phones don't already work via the internet or something like that as it does ring bells. Have tried phoning BT to ask but they blinded me with science or perhaps I was using the wrong terminology to explain my query/problem. I'm at a loss!

Just to clear up any confusion, most of us who "give up the landline" will still have the physical cable joining us to the telecoms network. What we won't have is a home phone number or traditional telephony service. You can still have a home-based handset if you want (at extra cost I think) but it will work over the broadband communication system instead of having a different signal that we used to have to separate out with one of those little "filter" things you plug in.

I have not had a landline for years we just use our mobiles…no problems whatsoever.

I changed my internet provider about a year ago - the monthly costs offered were the the same whether I kept my landline or not so I decided to keep it for now. However calls on the landline are PAYG so I just use the landline for incoming calls and use my mobile to phone anyone. I have received the occasional scam call on my mobile but I never answer a call if I don’t recognise the number.
As people have said you don’t need a signal to make calls over Wi-Fi.

Yes we have. We moved to Vodafone a year ago and we're told it would have to become a digital landline. They sang it's praises said it worked the same only the phone would be plugged into back of router instead of the wall. On day of switch over it stopped working. It took them nearly 3 weeks to get it transferred properly and we were unable to use it. I missed vital calls etc they eventually got it transferred (We also had other issues with the company and had decided to go leave due to these) so the day it started to work we were actually in the process of transferring to sky who had said they'd sort the phone issue out. When Sky took over Vodafone didn't hand over the phone number despite agreeing to previously meaning either sky had to issue a new number or we didn't get a line. Sky opened a welfare case as my number was registered with vital hospitals and did get it eventually but by then we'd started to update everything for mobile numbers anyway. So when it did come across and our internet started to slow down the engineer told us it was due to the phone line addition because either was now using the internet to work and because we are still on copper cable to the cabinet they just weren't designed to cope. We rely on other equipment medically that need internet access so decided then enough was enough and unplugged it. Sky then removed the phone line addition. These new digital phone lines have never been thought through at all.