Losing my landline. Can I manage without?

The old analogue lines are gradually being turned off. Personally, I think it’s a mistake! What do we do if the fancy new broadband is not working? I decided to buy a new, loud mobile for house use. I have a Lebara sim that is very cheap.

The new so-called land line is not attached to the old system at all. I’m with Plusnet and it might be worth talking to them. I just decided the best method for me and remained with Plusnet.

I have been without a landline for 3 years now, having moved house. I was nervous at first but it's totally fine! Friends & I were having this conversation recently and apparently there is now a trend for buying a "retro" type landline phone and connecting your mobile by wifi to it so that it "rings" and you can answer it "old-style"! We all had a great laugh but perhaps this could be your answer?

Cabbie21 I have a landline connected to the digital service and I never use it. I can’t remember when it last rang. All family and friends contact me via mobile. But it’s reassuring to know the landline is there for back up if the mobile network is down. I’ve been with Virgin Media for years for broadband, landline and basic tv package.

I would suggest whichever network provider you choose to use don’t agree to the first price they suggest. Do some homework first and see where the best deals are. They are all open to negotiation and have discounts available when asked.

Unfortunately the new digital landline set up relies on an electricity supply so it’s dead during a power cut. For anyone who doesn’t have a mobile phone or has a poor mobile signal their network provider should offer to provide an alternative to use in the event of power failure. I believe it’s a battery back up phone.

There’s some useful info here provided by Age UK
www.ageuk.org.uk/information-advice/money-legal/consumer-issues/changes-to-landline-telephones/

I have decided not to renew my landline part of the contract when this one runs out I simply don’t use it The only thing I use it for it to find my mobile when I m rushing round like a soul demented trying to find it

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Well keep our landline as long as we can, as a back up.

We got rid of our landline when we upgraded our Sky package and in all honesty, we haven't missed it at all. Our mobiles are all we need now. Mine is never on silent unless I'm in a situation where it has to be (which isn't very often).

We got rid of our landline and moved to an EE package for broadband, mobile and TV package. Bit of a palaver at first but they sent a man along to set up everything and stayed until we were completely OK with it all. No complaints and never missed the landline. We keep our mobile phones charged at all times.

Many of our friends are doing without a landline and all the younger relatives simply haven’t bothered to ever get one.

At least normal landline phones can't be stolen.

Cue for me there having - finally finally - gone into a local phoneshop with everything written down neatly/logically for Mr Phoneshop to set up that very basic indeed just above mobile phone type phone - and it nearly got stolen before I'd even got going!

A man only barged in with a "quick query" and then walked out the shop - with MY phone! Luckily I realised pretty quickly where my phone was and virtually grabbed it back from him and was clearly going to bar exit until I had it back. Cue for friend also living here saying my description of events tallied with attempted theft - rather than accidental pick-up.

It was much simpler when we all just had landline phones and only "people" (not "thieves") ever rang them.

My mum ,god bless her,had her landline removed many years before she passed,we all rang her mobile and she used to say the only landline calls she had were sales,she managed well with her mobile and it saved her money