Landline or not?

Our landline is on our wifi contract.

I never give anyone my mobile number - only on a need to know basis so I never get spam or rubbish on my mobile.

I do get nuisance calls on the landline but cut them off very quickly.

If I am dealing with an organisation which asks for my mobile number (as many do) I give my landline number.

I mostly use my mobile when travelling or for Whatsapp which is the main way I talk to friends and family.

I am very reluctant to give up the landline. Calls in the UK, to landlines, and mobiles are free on the landline and I generally use Whatsapp to talk to friends and family abroad.

I am with Virgin and have to have a landline in order to receive the full package. Or so they say.
I recently had to switch over to the router method as well.

I dont particularly want a landline and having to pay approx £17 a month for it is rather annoying.

Does anyone else with Virgin still pay this amount?

We don’t seem to have all landline calls, free and inclusive.
Only evening and weekend calls.

I haven’t used a landline for years. I keep my mobile in my pocket so not obvious but can answer a call immediately. Also use to screen calls so if u known number etc do t answer then block.

They will be phased out in the future but I much prefer my land line. My sister and I speak for about an hour each time, twice a week. If we use mobiles there is a tinny. delayed connection. We much prefer to use the land line as it is a clearer line. (Mind you that could be because we are both going deaf now!!)

I have a landline, and use it very rarely. Get a very occasional call on it, usually a potential scam. But I notice people are talking about making and receiving calls. Do people still use their phones for that?

Not had a landline since moving here in September.Really don’t miss all the rubbish calls.

I’ve not used my landline since 2017 the phone is in a drawer in the house somewhere, even though I have connection through my sky package the only calls I got where nuisance calls. People just don’t use them anymore. Well in my experience anyway.

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Salti Is that monthly cost only for your phone?

No the £35 is for the very fast fibre Internet, and all our phone calls.

i use my landline, i always have, my mobile is my son's idea, he pays the bill and i hardly ever use it, he uses it as a tracker to make sure i am okay, i take it down to england once a year as my dad does not have a phone, when someone wants my number i tell them i don't have a mobile, i use a walker when i am out and the number of people that bump into me because they are looking at there phone is so annoying.

My experience is - if there is a power failure your landline is out. A cell phone still gives you access in case of emergencies. (Keep it charged at all times.)

I CXL’d my landline almost two years ago - have not missed it at all. Especially the constant or random soliciting calls that are endless. On a cell phone you can block those calls and have peace a quiet.

Landlines are not being phased out NannyBarbie. The method of powering them is changing to Wi-Fi. Ours has already been changed to run off the broadband.

We still have a landline and it is only used occasionally by older friends who prefer to use their own landline. I am hard of hearing and find it difficult to hear on the landline, even with the speakerphone on. For this reason I prefer my mobile phone, especially as l have Bluetooth on my hearing aids which allows me to link it with the mobile phone. A friend of mine who has had many health issues and is very self-obsessed has recently been given hearing aids. She also prefers the landline. I suggested to her that she must have better hearing than me because she could hear well enough on the landline and I really struggle. She did not like this notion, but I would be very happy to be the “loser” in this situation. I have had impaired hearing most of my life one way or another.

I often don't answer my landline as it is rarely a call I actually want. Most scam calls come on the landline and I expect that when I move house I won't have one as I'd have to change my number. I have only 2 people who ring my landline, one who is short of money so uses the 'one hour call for free' that she has. The other has plenty money but thinks ringing a mobile is too expensive as she uses her landline. I don't make any calls out from my landline as they are charged and the ones on my mobile come within my contract. I'm not sure if I need to keep it here for the internet connection - something I need to look into. If I need one after I move I won't give anyone the number and I may not even have a handset plugged into the line. That would save a lot of scam calls!

Landlines are being phased out in 2025. If you've a poor mobile signal you van use Wi Fi calling on your mobile. If you still need a replacement due to poor signal in the home there will be VOIP phones to replace them (don't ask for anything about them - I haven't got a clue).

Salti Is that monthly cost only for your phone?

Our landline telephone is included with our:

Wifi
Television
T.V. Film Companies

So it is basically no extra charges though we do use it to call our twin daughters when they are visiting in Spain.

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.

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.

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

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'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!

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!

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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 .

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

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