Do I need a landline?

Neither my daughter or a friend have a landline and manage very well without. Don't know who they get broadband from, but they are very active on line. I now prefer my mobile because 1. it's easy to block nuisance calls and 2. I have a hearing aid which works in bluetooth, so calls come straight to my ear!!
Just depends on your needs.

We too are with Virgin and don`t have/need a landline.

Without one, how would you know that you had a car crash that wasn't your fault?

Neither of my two sons has a landline and both have the full panoply of Smart TV, computers and gaming consoles. I too have Virgin and, although I have a landline, this is separate from Wi-fi.

A landline is the only phone my DH can attempt to use - he is deaf. Mobiles are useless specially as we are in a poor signal area. My mobile costs me £8.00 a month. Usage is monitored and if I exceed limits I am recommended to try the next tariff up £10. Can swop from tariff to tariff each month. Service obviously has higher tariffs for really high users. No Sky or Virgin - Freesat. One payment and that's it.

moobox, quite!

My landline is my lifeline. My mobile is there when all else fails which is a convenience like the long life milk in my cupboard during a power cut.

All I have is a mobile phone with BTmobile.
I cannot get broadband where I live so had the landline removed.
I use a personal hotspot (tethering) on my phone to access the internet, it is easy to set up and costs me £25 a monthe for 100Gb of data, unlimited calls and texts. I am on the internet a lot and also use it for my Amazon Echo (Alexa), Netflix and Amazon Prime video.
I neve get near using half my data allowance a month.
Another provider (EE or 3, can't remember which, Google for best data deals) are advertising 120Gb of data for £20.
Hope this helps.

Moobox
I sincerely hope my immediate response would be 'is everyone ok' not WHO was to blame.

You're paying far too much. I had talk talk landline and broadband for about £20 a month at my previous address. BT is the only broadband provider in my new flat. It's them or nothing. I have a landline which I don't use because it's too expensive. You can now have just broadband apparently without a phone line. Shop around get a much cheaper deal.

CrazyH
Wrong. I haven't had a landline since 2004. As you can see I'm using the internet now
They will badger you to have one but you don't need it.

I am with Virgin for my landline,(free calls after 7pm and weekends for an hour) tv package and fast speed broadband. I spoke to them about disconnecting my landline due to unwanted calls but they told me the landline supplies the broadband and would make no difference to the cost. He suggested I unplug the phone. I pay £36 per month. My mobile is a Sim only deal and I pay £8 per month with EE. I get unlimited texts and calls and enough data for anything I need to use. I think you are paying far too much with BT

I have no idea where my landline phone is. It must be about 5 years ago since I last used it.

No idea if we're still paying for it.

We have a mobile each and broadband.

It depends on how good mobile coverage is in your area, whether you can do away with a landline, so perhaps you should ask neighbours what the coverage is like.

If seeing a mobile is or becomes a problem, try sourcing a mobile specifically designed for older people with poor sight. They do exist.

We live in an area where mobile reception is very unreliable so have a PAYG phone for use when outside the area. I would not think about dispensing with the landline. I also think that too few mobiles are designed to take account of the needs of older people and those with disabilities, whether declining sight, arthritic hands etc.

How many of your friends and family members - those that you speak to regularly - prefer to have a landline? If you are only contactable via a mobile it can be more expensive for them to keep in touch with you.

timetogo2016

We too are with Virgin and don`t have/need a landline.

This thread got me thinking I'm paying a lot with BT so just spent a little time looking at other companies

Done a live chat with PlusNet, TalkTalk and Virgin. Virgin are the only ones that can offer broadband without land line.

PlusNet and TalkTalk could only offer me up to 2Mbps ! I'm currently getting 140Mbps with BT.

This is because they have recently put in fibre cable down our lane. I live in very rural Cornwall and a % of households were too far from the cabinets to get a good speed. I was getting 0.5 - 1.8Mbs even though I was paying for up to 36Mbs.

What was interesting to find out, was that the cable that was put in down our lane last year, only those with BT could then bring the cable into their premises. It was up to TalkTalk etc to do a deal with BT to join up their customers. Seems like what PlusNet said they still haven't permission from BT !

So I love the speed. It's made such a difference. When we were connected I did renegotiate with them and got a cheaper deal and a new free router which I needed.

So before anyone moves companies I would recommend you check what speed you will get. I used to download programmes to watch on iPlayer. It took me 30 hours to download a 1/2 hour programme. Now it's instant. Couldn't watch iPlayer live because of buffering.

I managed without one before so I don't need one now. Why ?

* Mobile, that is.

I have a mobile phone which I prefer to use (on speaker), but I keep my landline so that friends and family without mobile phones can ring me more cheaply. I also have an emergency service which is connected through my landline.

My BT package includes landline, broadband and tv and I renegotiate a deal that suits me every time my contract period ends. I find that BT are set up to do this.

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I get a landline with free calls. even to mobiles, plus broadband, from Talk talk, for £39, you are paying far too much.

rowanflower0

I get a landline with free calls. even to mobiles, plus broadband, from Talk talk, for £39, you are paying far too much.

I've just commented about deals that companies can do. When I enquired this morning, Talk Talk was cheaper than BT (who I'm with) but they couldn't offer me a broadband speed of more than 2Mbps. Considering the average UK speed is 11Mbps this is really low but my comment explains why.

See cable deals in my comment above 12:37:21

Daddima, you don’t need to lose your landline or change your provider, just change your package with BT. You should be able to get that for between £30 and £40 a month depending on your phone usage. I like using the landline rather than the mobile for calls when I’m at home and it doesn’t run out of battery at inconvenient moments.

As others have said, you are paying too much.
I am with Plusnet, and have broadband and (unused and unwanted, but it came as part of the package) phone line for £10.24 per month. I then got a mobile phone from Tesco at £7.50 per month, then ditched my land line.
Best recommendation l can make, is go onto the Martin Lewis (Money Saving Expert) site, and there you will find all the different contracts etc available. The site allows you to put in your address and see what the best strength of signal is for your area.
You can then make an informed choice.

You will need to have a land line if you want to keep broadband but you don’t have to plug a house phone in. I’m with sky for tv package, and broadband and pay £69 a month.

If there it is a 'free' extra to have a land line, you could just choose not to plug it in. It is often thrown in with a package. I dont like using mobile for long calls so will put in earphones with mic. I wish I could connect mobile ring to a housesystem as have bad hearing and dont hear it and dont carry it on me when in house. Most people seem to be using Whatsapp for messages nowadays and I have an App on my laptop so can type away messages there with proper keyboard. I make frequent international calls and for the moment the landline wins out on cost.