[Cialug] OT: Any good reason not to kill land phone line?

[afan pasalic]

Jeffrey Ollie wrote:
> On 11/16/07, afan pasalic <afan at afan.net> wrote:
>> Actually, one more question: how many of you that don't use land phone
>> line have family, with kids? For singles is much easier, but I have
>> three troublemakers (wife and 2 boys).
>> She has her cell and kids are still n age they don't make a lot of
>> calls, mostly using our cells.
>>
>> I'm assuming the case is the same?
> 
> The two reasons that I don't drop my land line are:
> 
> 1) Having a phone available for the babysitter in case of emergency.
> 
> 2) DSL (rate hikes drove us away from Mediacom a while back).
> 
> Although, it'd be cheap enough to add a 3rd cell phone to our family
> plan to take care of #1.
That's my thought too.

2) I have DSL with Internet Solver - no need for land phone.

> My kids are too young yet to be making a lot of phone calls.  My wife
> and I haven't decided when the kids will be old enough for their own
> cell phone.
Agree.


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