Do you still have a landline?

No landline, we use our mobiles.

I so agree

I so agree that landline phones are still good. I use mine all the time as my mobile hurts my hands. I also find the landline clearer. I hate being made to give up something that I enjoy using!

Thank you all for your messages.
I also find that the landline is less painful on the hands for longer calls. I have one person I regularly speak to who struggles to hear me on the mobile. Another thing with the landline is that I can always hear it.
I will look at the difference in cost between a broadband only package and one with a landline and decide what to do.

No.

No.

Got rid of it last summer when we had full fibre installed, and they said we couldn’t have a landline.

Felt reluctant to be without it, but honestly haven’t missed it.

Don’t actually speak to anyone much on the phone, more what’s app, messenger, e mails…

No

My landline was switched to digital voice two years ago. I kept the old handset which works fine. The line is included in my broadband package as standard. I don’t pay any more it or have a call plan. I use my mobile for all outgoing calls and give that number as my prefered number. I only really keep the landline as I have a few contacts who stubbornly prefer calling on that and for emergencies if ever my mobile connection was down - which has yet to happen. I don’t think I would miss it if it was gone altogether.

Yes, why not?

I find mobile phones a bit of a pain in the posterior. Lack of reception, runs out of battery when you least expect, makes my handbag that much heavier, Try to call someone, and they don't answer, etc, etc.

I mainly use mine for taking photos as my old camera packed up last year.

Yes when we were without power or WiFi from 6 am until 9pm it proved extremely useful. I was able to make regular contact to find out what was happening. I have an old handset I keep specifically for this purpose which was the advice when digital first came in.

I have a 12 year old Samsung, pay as you go, brick phone, which I needed for work. In Sussex, I always used my beloved landline. When we moved, Openreach disconnected the landline - without checking whether or not there was mobile reception. In the depths of rural (not quite so rural) Norfolk, the reception is abysmal to non-existent.

Neither phones nor tablets work on the north side of the house, despite getting a booster thingummybob.. Apparently, the walls are too thick.

I do have a smartphone but don't know how to use it! It is on a contract but I can't find out with whom. My bank statement is unhelpful - too many unrecognisable acronyms.

Anyway, I can't remember to carry the damned thing around with me. If I go upstairs to the loo, why would I think of grabbing a phone? Who wants to speak to someone when one is in the bathroom anyway?

Why doesn't someone invent extensions for mobiles?

And, yes, smartphones are jolly heavy. Hate them.

Gripe over!

aggie

With painful hands , I find the handset of my landline much more comfortable to hold for a long chat with my sisters , so not looking forward to the digital era

Me too!

Yes I have a landline - because a landline doesn't get left in the car, nor does it get lost at the bottom of my handbag. It doesn't shatter if you accidently drop it in the wrong place. It's too big to bury itself down the cushions on the sofa. If my landline rings I can hear it whichever room I'm in - not so with mobile. It doesn't run out of battery power.

I don't see the point of having to keep a phone on you wherever you go when you're at home. I'm not one for having it attached to the end of my hand as if it were an add-on body appendage.

I'm quite sure if landlines became defunct I would get used to it and manage, but happy to have it now.

Yes, we still like to have a landline.

It’s 26 years since we have had a landline.

Another one in Norfolk mobile reception is abysmal🥶. Most of my friends round here use a landline. Have noticed my mates/relatives all use mobiles.

I loathe mobile phones and always have. Still got a landline and love it to bits.

My phone has now been switched over but is not working. BT have booked an engineer to come out.
I think the problem is that my existing phone is too old as broadband works, but they don't think so. It was only yesterday that I realised your phone has to be less than 10 years old and I cannot remember how old it is. Nothing in previous messages and letters from BT mentioned this.

It’s part of our package so yes we use it for incoming calls.

Yes, it is part of the Wifi, T.V. and Mobile package.

I use the landline for calling our daughters as it is much less expensive to call Northern Europe than on a Mobile ..

All my life I have tried to keep up with changes. We were the first people I know to have a computer, a video recorder, a mobile phone. My DH worked all his life in technology areas. We both worked in Universities who were quick to use new technology.

But now we struggle with all of it. Every time (exaggeration I know) I switch the laptop on something has changed. Yesterday it told me I had no people in my mail address book - it took me four hours to find them. Our Smart TV has changed the way we have to use it (no notice from anyone). I recently got hearing aids and the technician proudly showed me the benefits of "linking" them to my mobile phone. Now I realise that if I don't have them in I can't hear it ringing - and of course neither can my DH. And when I DO have them in, I have no means of telling where the damn phone is cos it sounds as if it is inside my head! I can't work out how to switch the facility off either. The booklet doesn't tell me such a minor detail. What happens if I need a new phone?

I am losing the will to live with all this new stuff.

Yes we do , but only as it’s part of the package with wifi, mobile phones and tv . For some bizarre reason if we didn’t have the landline , the cost goes up.

ferry23 but if you fall in the house and get to your landline phone you can use your mobile to get help, similarly the garden, car breakdown.

*can’t get to

dalrymple23

I have a 12 year old Samsung, pay as you go, brick phone, which I needed for work. In Sussex, I always used my beloved landline. When we moved, Openreach disconnected the landline - without checking whether or not there was mobile reception. In the depths of rural (not quite so rural) Norfolk, the reception is abysmal to non-existent.

Neither phones nor tablets work on the north side of the house, despite getting a booster thingummybob.. Apparently, the walls are too thick.

I do have a smartphone but don't know how to use it! It is on a contract but I can't find out with whom. My bank statement is unhelpful - too many unrecognisable acronyms.

Anyway, I can't remember to carry the damned thing around with me. If I go upstairs to the loo, why would I think of grabbing a phone? Who wants to speak to someone when one is in the bathroom anyway?

Why doesn't someone invent extensions for mobiles?

And, yes, smartphones are jolly heavy. Hate them.

Gripe over!

I have extensions for my mobile. A smartwatch and smart speakers (Alexa and Google) all connect to my mobile and can be used for calls, messages etc.