Poll: Do you still have a Landline ?

Bald-Eagle22 · 20 May 2020 at 14:28

Guys im thinking what reasons i need a landline for these days ?

I have quite a comprehensive mobile contract and a lot of calls are now made on Whatsapp/facebook , my home internet is Fibre from sky .

Any thoughts

robfosters · 20 May 2020 at 14:31

Nope, got rid of it about 5 years ago

Daaaavvveee · 20 May 2020 at 14:35

I only have a landline as we have to, no phone is plugged in however. If I didn't require one I would drop it.

Andrew_McP · 20 May 2020 at 14:37

The quality of mobile phone calls is still diabolical much of the time compared to a nice, crystal clear, lag-free chat landline to landline. I'd never use my mobile if I was ringing a call centre or anything important from home.

PlacidCasual · 20 May 2020 at 14:38

Yup, it’s effectively free with fibre connection. House is 18” thick rough stone walls, internal and external so mobile signal can’t be guaranteed even on wi-fi so having one rock solid reliable telephone line is useful. Also house alarm is connected.

And what Andrew above said.

Rannoch · 20 May 2020 at 14:43

I do at my man cave in the highlands. For emergencies

chroniclard · 20 May 2020 at 14:43

Yes but nothing is plugged into it.

Conscript · 20 May 2020 at 14:51

Yup. Barely used, though. Can't remember the last time it rang.

Raggs · 20 May 2020 at 14:55

got rid of my traditional landline from virgin 4 years ago , got a voipline tho as a back up no line rental and a paygo tarrif from sipgate spent a fiver in two years, handy for my mother tho too keep in touch she gets free calls to landlines.

Haze · 20 May 2020 at 15:00

Got rid of mine about 2 months ago, now using Three 4g broadband

SonicSW20 · 20 May 2020 at 15:00

Yes, because I won't use Virgin Media again due to their diabolical customer services, and there are no other FTTP providers in the area. No phone plugged into it though.

Biz.Kid09 · 20 May 2020 at 15:01

Technically yes, although no phone plugged in.

Hades · 20 May 2020 at 15:05

Same here. I have a landline but there is no phone plugged in and we haven't used it in years.

something daft already!! · 20 May 2020 at 15:05

As I am with VM, I have a phone line and socket but nothing is plugged in and I have no idea what the number is. I no longer own a landline phone. They are pointless.

Deleted member 77746 · 20 May 2020 at 15:06

Yes. But no calls get made from it.

the shadow · 20 May 2020 at 15:06

Hades said:
Same here. I have a landline but there is no phone plugged in and we haven't used it in years.

moon man · 20 May 2020 at 15:18

Yes but only use it to find my phone the odd time, mostly get nuisance calls on it so mostly unplugged

peterwalkley · 20 May 2020 at 15:22

Yes as its bad enough trying to hear aged relatives on a decent land-line, let alone the signal hell dead spot I seem to live in. Trolling scam callers to waste their time is an added bonus.

413x · 20 May 2020 at 15:26

No land-line phone
Broadband FTTC land-line

I don't think I could depend on mobile signal here to cut it.
Id need unlimited too. Which would be more expensive than my contact and land-line

Since moving out my parents 10 years ago I've never had a TV licence or landline phone

RDM · 20 May 2020 at 15:37

Yes, but only because the Virgin package was cheaper with a landline than without.

We never use it.

Poll: Do you still have a Landline ?

Do you have a landline?

I have a landline and I have a phone plugged in

I have a landline but no phone plugged in

I do not have a landline