I'm 24 and when I recently moved out of my parents house, I never bothered to get one at my new house. I figured with my cell phone, there was no point. I'm curiuous as to whether this is a growing trend for others.

I'm 37 and am still using a land line.

we have a landline through the cable company, but I only use a cellphone for work and dislike them intensely.

I never had a cell phone and I seldom use my land line phone.
I only have it for internet purpose.

I have a land line and I will always have one. Better reception, easier keys to manipulate...plus no constant charging. Only reason I even have a cell phone is for safety purposes (as in if something goes wrong when I'm driving)...and the one I own is the absolute cheapest I can get.

I don't even have a cell phone so that's your answer. lol

I only have a land line! I've never had a cell phone.

I still have a landline and will continue to have one as backup for the cell phone. Plus when I want to talk on the phone sometimes I don't like speaking on the blackberry

I have one. It's part of my Comcast package deal. Phone, cable and Internet. I don't really like talking on cell phones unless I have to. I feel like I'm talking on a toy phone. My husband has a cell phone, but I've never had one.

I have a landline. I prefer the landline. The only downside is that I don't have caller id so if I'm not here and someone calls and doesn't leave a message I won't know they called. I have a cellphone that has caller id.

We also kept our land line (Comcast package deal).

We actually cut our cell phone minute plan down by quite a bit because we have unlimited 24/But for us, it made more sense to have cell unlimited on nights and weekends (in addition to unlimited mobile-to-mobile with each other) and use the land line for most calls during the day.

There is DEFINITELY a trend toward cell-phone-only households, for exactly the reasons posted earlier in this thread. For a lot of people, one (cell) line is enough. A lot of people who never would have considered getting rid of a land line are now doing it because of the economy as well.

Plus, every now and then, we still run into a situation in which we need to fax something (as opposed to emailing it). That's rare, but it happens.

We're definitely keeping both. And it's nice to know there's a backup if one phone system or the other goes down for some reason.

I have a landline. I prefer the landline. The only downside is that I don't have caller id so if I'm not here and someone calls and doesn't leave a message I won't know they called. I have a cellphone that has caller id.

I know what you mean about people not leaving messages, but...I reason that if they are calling for something important enough, they will take the time to leave a message. If they don't, they can't expect me to consider it very important. :)

i think people don't leave messages anymore because they asssume you have caller id and can see that called.

This might sound strange, but my landline cordless phone does not have a button to turn off the ringer. When I was in college I had a cord phone and that had a ringer button.

This might sound strange, but my landline cordless phone does not have a button to turn off the ringer. When I was in college I had a cord phone and that had a ringer button.
My cordless phone doesn't have a button to turn off the ringer either. But I can turn off the ringer by going through the programming menu. I scroll through the menu til I get to part about choosing which ringtone I want and one of the options is off.

I have both a landline and cell phone, however more and more people I know are ditching their landlines.

Nowadays all of my friends call my cell and my landline is mainly for family and business related calls.

My cordless phone doesn't have a button to turn off the ringer either. But I can turn off the ringer by going through the programming menu. I scroll through the menu til I get to part about choosing which ringtone I want and one of the options is off.

That's interesting. I thought I was the only one who had a phone that didn't have a ringer switch.

I have a landline but no cell phone.

I only have a cell phone. I swore I would never get rid of my landline, but I recently had to face the reality of this economy and get rid of my phone, cable, and internet package. I was able to purchase cheaper internet from another company, but said "good-bye" to the landline and cable. My cell phone was more important to me because I can have it with me at all times.

I have a landline phone that calls out who is calling. A nice factor in the phone. I have 4 hooked up that can shout out the name. Sad to say 90% of those calls are "unavailable, out of area, or calls that never leave a message for I don't pick up the line for them. I make probably 5 outgoing calls a week and the phone rings 20 times a day with calls I don't answer. On the hand don't own a cellphone for I don't make many calls. If I was on the road a bit I would have one for pay phones are just about gone from this world and times you do need help. I was buying a wrist watch a few months ago and the drug store where I wanted to buy one didn't sell many at all. I ate lunch at a restaurant and looked around and notice 50% didn't wear a watch. I asked How do people keep time? Most said we use out cellphones. I thought that is odd. To find the time you have to hunt in your pocket or purse to see the time. I'm sticking with wrist watch. So I suppose cell phone have purpose but as of now Don't own one. Might if I could get internet service only without the land line of the phone.

Yes, I still have a landline for emergency purposes. I also have cell phone service for the same reason.

We canceled our land line when we got cable internet. We now use Magic Jack which costs 19.95 a year. It's great! We can call anywhere basically for free. But you have to have high speed internet to use it. I recommend it!:wave:

I do - kind of silly I know - but I do like having it - knowing its there - even if it is costing me extra bucks. If I were in a strapped $ position, I'd consider nixing it.

No. Haven't had a landline here in almost 8 years. A lot of people I know don't have landlines anymore.

I prefer a land line phone over a cell phone.

Some people actually have what's called nomophobia. They are scared to be without their cell phone.

link (http://www.click2houston.com/lifestyle/technology/Do-you-have-nomophobia/-/1736680/9238088/-/13r0ecvz/-/index.html)

Do You Have 'Nomophobia'?
More people fear loss of mobile contact
Author: From Vicky Kung CNN
Posted: Mar 6 2012 10:13 PM CST Updated: Mar 7 2012 4:40 AM CST

(CNN) - Are you addicted to your phone? According to recent research sponsored by SecurEnvoy, an internet security firm, more people feel anxious and tense when they are out of reach of their phone -- and the younger they are, the more likely the stress. Known as "nomophobia," or "no mobile-phone phobia," a recent online survey of 1,000 people in the UK found that almost two thirds (66%) of respondents were afflicted, a rise of 11% when compared to a similar study four years ago. "Some people get panic attacks when they are not with their phones," said Michael Carr-Gregg, an adolescent psychologist working in Melbourne. "Others become very anxious and make all endeavors to locate the mobile phone. I have clients who abstain from school or their part-time jobs to look for their phones when they cannot find them in the morning."

According to the survey, the younger you are, the more prone you are to nomophobia. The youngest age group (18 -24) tops the nomophobic list at 77%, which is 11% more than that of the next group -- those aged 25-34.
"This is the most tribal generation of young people," said Carr Gregg. "Adolescents want to be with their friends on a 24-hour basis." Women are also more likely to be unnerved by cell phone separation, with 70% of respondents reporting the malady compared to 61% of men. Andy Kemshall, the CTO and co founder of secure Envoy, believes that may be because men are more likely to have two phones and are less likely to misplace both -- 47% of men carry two phones, compared to only 33% of women.

Major drivers of nomophobia include boredom, loneliness, and insecurity, said Carr-Gregg, while some young nomophobes cannot bear solitude. "Many of my clients go to bed with their mobile phones while sleeping just like how one will have the teddy bear in the old days," he said. "While teddy doesn't communicate, the phone does," said Carr-Gregg, adding insomnia to the list of potential problems. "This reduced the amount of time to reflect," he said. "Some kids cannot entertain themselves. The phone has become our digital security blanket."
As smartphone penetration spreads across the globe, so does nomophobia. On a visit to Singapore in February this year, Carr-Gregg spoke to students from a peer support group at the United World College and identified similar problems. "There is no doubt that nomophobia is international," he said. "[But] without phones, there will not be nomophobia."

Meanwhile, Indian researchers have also evaluated mobile phone dependence among students at M.G.M. Medical College and the associated hospital of central India. India, after China, is the second largest mobile phone market in the world. The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) reported that there were 884.37 million mobile connections in India as of November, while China had 963.68 million. The cross-sectional study, published by the Indian Journal of Community Medicine three years ago, recruited 200 medical students and scholars. About one in five students were nomophobic, results showed. The study claimed that the mobile phone has become "a necessity because of the countless perks that a mobile phone provides like personal diary, email dispatcher, calculator, video game player, camera and music player."

"There is an increase in the nomophobic population in India because the number of mobile phone users has increased," said Dr. Sanjay Dixit, one the researchers and the head of the Indian Journal of Community Medicine. "We are currently doing another research on mobile phone dependency, it's not published yet, but analysis shows that about 45% of the Indian population, not just medical students, is nomophobic." With the augmented ownership and usage of smartphones among adolescents, Dixit says the young population is more at risk, partly because they can access the Internet through phones more easily, increasing the time spent on phones. "We found out that people who use mobile phones for more than three hours a day have a higher chance of getting nomophobia," he said, warning this can pose potential dangers.

Accidents lurk while nomophobes fix their attention on phones. According to Dixit, up to 25% nomophobes reported accidents while messaging or talking on the phone, which includes minor road accidents, falling while going upstairs or downstairs and stumbling while walking. More than 20% also reported pain in the thumbs due to excessive texting. "One could look at this as a form of addiction to the phone," said Eric Yu Hai Chen, a psychiatrist and professor at The University of Hong Kong. "The fear is part of the addiction. The use of hand phone has some features that predispose this activity to addiction, similar to video games, naming, easy access."

To tackle anxiety and accidents induced by phones, Dixit suggests switching off the phone, especially while driving. "People can also carry a charger all the time," he said. "Our study shows that the no-battery-situation upsets nomophobes the most. "People can also prepay phone cards for emergency calls and credit balance in phones to ensure a constant and functioning network," he said. Other solutions include supplying friends with an alternate contact number and storing important phone numbers somewhere else as backups. "Enforcing a period when handset is turned off can help loosen its hold over everyday life," said Dixit. Sometimes, the problem can even be the cure. "One of my clients actually makes use mobile phone apps to deal with anxiety," said Carr-Gregg. "It's called iCounselor Anxiety." The launch of the app presents users with a scale to rate their anxiety levels from 1 to 10, where 10 is "panicked." After choosing the level, ten recommendations of calming activities will be suggested, followed by instructions to change the user's thoughts, so to change subsequent feelings.

"It is almost like having a psychologist in your phone," said Carr-Gregg. Prevalent it may be, nomophobia, however, is not yet a qualified phobia.
"Nomophobia is not included in the DSM [Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders] yet," said Dixit. "But it is an up coming problem. For the first time on this continent [India], we are trying to make it more scientific," he added, referring to his undergoing research on nomophobic India.

Copyright 2012 by CNN NewSource. All rights reserved.

I still have both right now.

My landline is for Business calls

My cell is for personal calls

Mostly likely if I was young and lived by myself I would just have a cell phone. Now a days you have 2 options(cell phone and land line) and with the land line phone option you would need a telephone man to come to your home to hook up. So I would want it simple as possible so I would get the cell phone. But for now I am using what I have, a land line and use a cell phone maybe once a month when I am away from home.

I have both b/c a lot of times we can't get cell reception in the house and it's actually cheaper to have a land line. My cell phone company charges 25 cents a MINUTE for going over the allotted minutes. Ouch!

I prefer a land line phone over a cell phone.

Same here. I have both but prefer land line phones. Much better speaker and tone quality.

I still have both, but I only use the landline for business calls. Most of my personal use is on my cell now. I just find it more handy when I am out.

Ditched mine about a year ago. Cells only seems to be working out fine for the family. If using up minutes is a concern during the week, I just use Google phone which is free if you're calling domestically.

Landlines will always have these features over cell phones

1. Don't have to worry about minutes

2. Don't have to worry about charging the phone

2. Don't have to worry about charging the phone
I think that one is the landline's biggest advantage.

I do.

Yes, we still have a landline.

we get our main home phone service through Time Warner cable - so technically its VOIP

- big news here lately is that AT&T is trying to push for deregulation that would allow them to stop providing ANY phone service to new developments and any harder to reach rural areas - which means that they could charge ANYTHING they want for landline service in those areas, and people may be stuck with only cell phone (which may be in rural areas with no cell service) or NO phone service at ALL. but hey, if it saves AT&T a few pennies who cares, right?

No landline. Just an overpriced cell phone for me.

I have a landline.

For the first time in my adult life, I now have a land line (VOIP via Comcast). My wife and I only have one cell phone between the two of us (a year ago, we both had our own). When one of us goes out, we take the cell phone so the other can reach us.

It's nice to have unlimited minutes on the house phone.

For the first time in my adult life, I now have a land line (VOIP via Comcast). My wife and I only have one cell phone between the two of us (a year ago, we both had our own). When one of us goes out, we take the cell phone so the other can reach us.

It's nice to have unlimited minutes on the house phone.

Exactly I was just notified that I only have 15 mins left on my cell until April 13th LOL

2. Don't have to worry about charging the phone
I just kind of assumed that most people using landlines these days were using cordless phones. I know I am.

I just kind of assumed that most people using landlines these days were using cordless phones. I know I am.

I never liked Cordless Phones because I don't do a lot of moving around when I talk on the phone and it have to make sure it's charged.


With the regular office type phone which is a landline, it suits me just fine:)

I prefer cordless, because I'm disabled. It's good to be able to take the phone wherever I go in the house, because I don't have to get up to answer it when it rings. I put it on the charger every night, though.

we have a landline through the cable company, but I only use a cellphone for work and dislike them intensely.I wish we still had one...... The digital crap from the cable company blows chunks!!

It always drops calls,etc.........

I still have my landline.

I don’t think I’ll ever give mine up. First, I have the coveted 212 area code. Second, and MORE IMPORTANTLY when my cell phone died right smack in the middle of NYC’s COVID tsunami, I was extremely grateful I had my landline to make and get calls on.

I used to think I would never get rid of mine but seven years ago I did.

This ole gal resisted tech $$$$ stuff and still does, don't need it, made it thru 40 yrs of working and no cell phone -- how could I have made it???? One job I had a pager from my boss and hated it..... Now no bosses and love my landline.

The addiction to the phones today is unbelievable but it's true too.

God ble$$ ya Carole :)

God ble$$ ya Carole :)

Well Dude, thanks I'm just one practical and no frills person, we need so little in our lives and I've always had what I needed.

Talking to a friend yesterday about money, she's year older than me and is also comfortable but simple, says if something costs $20 and you only have $10, then you don't need it. I'm kinda like that. Perhaps it's too being born after great depression and raised in a simple home but we had everything we needed.

This ole gal resisted tech $$$$ stuff and still does, don't need it, made it thru 40 yrs of working and no cell phone -- how could I have made it???? One job I had a pager from my boss and hated it..... Now no bosses and love my landline.

The addiction to the phones today is unbelievable but it's true too.

I hear ya but I do like having a cell. It’s a basic one (not a smart phone.) it can come in handy at times.

I only have enough tech stuff to get by in 2021 relatively easy. I had an analog TV until last year - and only got a smallflat-screen because the analog went kaput - after 30 years.

I hear ya but Ido like having a cell. It’s a basic one (not a smart phone.) it can come in handy at times.

I only have enough tech stuff to get by in 2021 relatively easy. I had an analog TV until last year - and only got a smallflat-screen because the analog went kaput - after 30 years.

Oh there were times in the past when I wished I had a cell phone but what I needed to tell a person waited until I got home. I've been close a couple times and even have a cell phone I never activated that a friend gave him, it was his mother's and she got a new one. .

I still have a landline, but we never use it. If we were to move tomorrow, I wouldn't get a new one in the next house. The only time it rings is for spam calls, so we don't even have the ringer on anymore.

I love my smart phone, but the DND goes on at 10 and stays on until 9am.

I still have a landline, but we never use it. If we were to move tomorrow, I wouldn't get a new one in the next house. The only time it rings is for spam calls, so we don't even have the ringer on anymore.

I love my smart phone, but the DND goes on at 10 and stays on until 9am.

We still have our Landline basically only because we have our internet also on the A T & T ! Nobody has called us on the landline for years, like you said just spam calls ( I keep the answering machine on just in case and old friend or relative of ours that doesn't know our cell phone #'s might happen to call, LOL) ! :eek::D

We have thought about just disconnecting and bundling the internet with the cable, but we have Spectrum which is very spotty and AT&T internet works really well, so I'd hate to have the cable and internet out at the same time !:( That's the main reason we keep the landline! ;)

Oh there were times in the past when I wished I had a cell phone but what I needed to tell a person waited until I got home. I've been close a couple times and even have a cell phone I never activated that a friend gave him, it was his mother's and she got a new one. .

Just get a basic cell, doesn’t have to have all the bells and whistles. For me it has come in handy.

Just get a basic cell, doesn’t have to have all the bells and whistles. For me it has come in handy.

Oh I hear what you are saying, and it would be a basis basic one...BUT I hardly talk on the phone anyway, now and then with a friend, but we mostly email, I don't even do the twitter thing, my major social days are behind me, way behind. The most spent on the phone is when I am trying to get thru to a company or utility, and it's push this button, push that.. I miss the old times of having a real person answering the tele....

I go back so long ago, that I remember the telephone operators saying "number please"....;)

Since the last entry here, I maintain my life with my Very fine portable land phone and talk less and less on phones anyway...Dread trying to communicate with C/S people in this tech land.

Only purpose I think a landline serves in 2024 is for business. I notice people dont even like to talk on the phone anymore so its no way it will be for personal use

Only purpose I think a landline serves in 2024 is for business. I notice people dont even like to talk on the phone anymore so its no way it will be for personal use

Then I'm your exception, all personal and I have no business and land line since my 20's....

I have 2 in my house

Then I'm your exception, all personal and I have no business and land line since my 20's....

Well I wish my cousin was like you because she wants to talk about sports over text :lol: Im putting a end to that sh+t immediately. And how I will do that is respond 2 hours later:lol:

Still have our land line!
I don't own a cell phone :eek: :eek2:

My wife has a cell phone and we
have kept the land line
for her to call me, when she is out and for
"spammers" and "bill collectors."

Now, we are even getting "bill collectors"
calling for our kids that don't live here!

I have a cell phone and a landline, too. Unfortunately, once the PSTN (Public Switched Telephone Network) network is switched off in 2025 or 2026, you will no longer be able to make phone calls via landline with no internet connection. You can still use your landline but you'll need to get a converter and your landline will not be as reliable as it is now.