Landline or not?

I got rid of my landline years ago and it was the best thing I have done. Less expense. Not scam calls. My mobile automatically blocks scam calls for me. The peace is wonderful

As Tizliz says there are many ways to phone anywhere free using your WiFi connection. Video calls are normal nowadays. Don't keep fretting about cost and signal.
If you're not sure, ask a youngster. I get DS or DGS to explain things to me and my 90 year old Dad.
I pay £6 a month, after the purchase of the phone, and use it for everything (eg. camera, wallet, weather, translation, map, tickets, diary.....) including typing this post. I am not using my fat fingers but dictating.

camlyn

I use my landline to phone my sister in America. I'm on Sky Talk and can speak with her for up to 59 minutes (free, as part of the contract). Then we hang up and start again for another 59 minutes!!
I don't know what I shall do when there's no landline as the mobile company do not offer anything similar.

WhatsApp is free - international, video calls etc. saves us a fortune as most of our customers are in USA

I use my landline to phone my sister in America. I'm on Sky Talk and can speak with her for up to 59 minutes (free, as part of the contract). Then we hang up and start again for another 59 minutes!!
I don't know what I shall do when there's no landline as the mobile company do not offer anything similar.

Is anyone still hanging on to their black and white telly?

Son told me we don’t need it. He was right.

Moved in 2021 & decided to only have broadband telephone. We have 2 mobiles. 1 Asda PAYG & 1p mobile PAYG, mostly use Whatsapp for calls when at home so average costs for 2 phones around £8 a month.

We don't seem to get the scam calls that we were always getting on the landline.

yellowfox Please get someone to show you how to set up your voicemail on your mobile so your family and friends can leave you a message.

You can silence your mobile phone at any time so it does not ring at inconvenient times.

You can easily block all nuisance calls!

You seem not to know your mobile phone has all these features and more. Once you know and get set up (it’s also an alarm clock!) you’ll see a landline is useless - especially during a power outage. (Then your cell phone is your ONLY emergency backup.)

It’s more than just a texting thing. And don’t go to bed without having it on your bed stand each night. Important for seniors. (Don’t forget you can silence it… but still make outgoing calls.)

I will cling to my landline as long as I can,.
I have an answerphone and if I am not in anyone can leave a message and I will return the call.
If I am out I am busy and I do not want my mobile phone to be ringing at inconvenient times. I do check regularly for text messages but my mobile is mainly for my use when necessary.

Im not a lover of smart phones - never have been. Mine is smart enough to stay out of the way unless I need it. Ive downloaded at least 2 apps recently which will not workon the phone. Fortunately they do work on the tablet.

I do have a landline and BT turned it over to digital voice. My ol;d phones would no longer work properly, Many of the features I liked (such as blocking calls, call list etc) disappeared so I have bought 2 new phones. However I did charge them to the business as a tax deductable as Id had them several years and were probably due for replacement.

Lollin

Do mobile numbers have some magic mix that prevents cold callers?

My mobile, which isn't particularly fancy, has the facility to automatically screen calls from numbers it recognises as spam. It also can give me the choice to reject a call that l think is spam and it will tell the caller to state what they want and a transcript is stored in my phone for me to read.
There is also a facility for me to block any numbers I don't want to receive calls from.
It's all much simpler than it sounds.

MillieBoris

The only time I use my landline is to ring my mobile when I can’t find it.

You can ask Alexa to find your phone.

The only time I use my landline is to ring my mobile when I can’t find it.

Lollin

Do mobile numbers have some magic mix that prevents cold callers?

It is much easier to block unwanted numbers on a mobile than a landline. I installed Callblocker on mine and if I get one of these numbers it is immediately blocked. I get very few such nuisance calls now, but if I look in my call history there are quite a few calls that say Blocked Number and Suspected Spam that have not come through to me.

Lollin

Do mobile numbers have some magic mix that prevents cold callers?

There are more measures to help stop them on mobiles, but no magic formula.
I think landlines are more often used as it's mostly older people who still use them.

Do mobile numbers have some magic mix that prevents cold callers?

Our mobile signal is so iffy and unreliable most days that we need a landline for a backup.

poppysmum

we have a landline the phone and broadband are all in together and as our mobile signal is dodgy here I would be lost without a landline. guaranteed if you have to hang on during a long call such as to the Drs then your mobile will either die or lose signal cutting you off which is frustrating when you have gone from 28th in line to number 2!

As has been said many times on this thread, there is no need to rely on mobile signal any more. As long as your phone is a relatively new one it will have a setting for WiFi calling. Your calls will be made using the Broadband signal that you are using and not the phone signal.
Good broadband is a necessity these days, a landline isn't.

As for giving out your number on forms etc. I use the TruCall number 0333 88888888.(You can leave out an 8 if the website says that the number is too long). This takes the caller to a recorded message saying that you don't want unsolicited phone calls. Free and easy to use.

We are mobile only as the landline bill was massive and we hardly ever used it

Greciangirl

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.

We are with Virgin and only have Broadband.
I'd ring them and see what the difference is with and without landline.
I think that if you have the full package of Broadband and TV it is cheaper to have the landline than not to. Simply unplug the handset and forget you have a landline.

we have a landline the phone and broadband are all in together and as our mobile signal is dodgy here I would be lost without a landline. guaranteed if you have to hang on during a long call such as to the Drs then your mobile will either die or lose signal cutting you off which is frustrating when you have gone from 28th in line to number 2!

When mobile phones first came in it was very expensive to call anyone. Now it isn't so there is no point in a house phone.

Hubby was offered a better deal by BT if he agreed to give up the landline. He went for it. I’m forgetful and it was my way of tracking down my well-named mobile.

So very annoying. In latter times the unsolicited calls had dried up - I used to enjoy trying to keep them on the phone! But life moves on!

Greciangirl
When we were with virgin they pulled that one with us. We didn’t give in, they dropped the claim that we had to have a landline.

We only have mobiles now, not noticed any problems