To wonder why everyone insists on using your mobile rather than a landline?

[Dancergirl]

Do we not use landlines any more??

Despite giving both landline and mobile numbers to various people, why is the mobile always the first port of call??

This is why I prefer my landline:

-I can actually hear it ring as we have 3 handsets around the house. My mobile is usually tucked away in my bag.

-When I'm out and about, I'm busy and therefore can't talk at length or make appointments/check my diary etc. I need to be at home to do this.

-I am not a slave to my mobile phone. I think it's rude to start chatting on the phone when I'm talking to someone/in a shop.

So please just use my frigging landline, if I'm not in leave a message and I will ring back at my convenience.

And I would also go so far as to say manners have gone downhill since the introduction of mobiles. The constant interruption, you can't have more than a 5 minute conversation with some people before their phone starts ringing.

Our phone signal is rubbish so most people use our landlines if they know we are at home. Also dh and I have started to turn our phones off for most of the weekend as we felt we were spending too much time on them.

Mobile signal from any network is just so flaky in our area, and in my house in particular that we need to use the landline. It is the only way I can guarantee to actually get through a call without it fizzling out and losing the network connection regularly.

If people do call my mobile then I have often had to ask them to call again on my landline number because we end up not being able to hear each other.

Maybe it will change at some point soon.

"It is not essential to be continuously contactable."

I agree, except when DD is not at home. I need to be contactable by the school or if DD is out with her friends.

those of you who say you don't have a ll due to cold calers, how have you got rid of them on your mobile? I get more PPI calls to my mobile than the landline?

Landline much cheaper for calls, imo. But then I'm a luddite on PAYG.
I don't call mobiles if I can help it.

We don't have a land line, neither do a lot if my friends. So we have all got used to communicating via mobile phone. I don't actually see the point in having a land line at all tbh.

"I don't actually see the point in having a land line at all tbh."

RTFT

Maybe it's a generational thing? I don't have a landline, when I did I never used it and usually used to end up unplugging the thing because of the sheer ridiculous volume of sales calls.

I don't get any on my mobile and I never added my name to that list thing which was supposed to exempt you either. But I don't put my mobile number on forms etc, unless it's something important like the bank.

But mobile reception and call quality is often a bit shit and that's annoying. I also hate how you can't have a long conversation because the phone gets hot against your ear and I have totally irrational worries about it exploding

But then again I barely ever have long phone conversations with anybody any more, if I want to have a long conversation, I use skype.

I now live in Germany and it's possible to have broadband without a landline here.

Interesting.

I had no idea so many people only use their mobile!

Just out of interest, where you're at home do you carry your mobile from room to room with you??

I prefer a mobile as you are more likely to speak to the person you want to speak to rather than the blardy kids who are the only ones who answer the home phone.

I too hate being called on my mobile, unless it's something like I'm meeting someone and they're running late. But to be fair - I hate most people calling me on a mobile or landline, except my 93 year old grandad - and wish they'd just text or email instead, so I can respond when it's convenient to me.

What did we do in the era before mobiles? It was nice to be able to go out and not be contacted, disappear. I know you can switch it off but people don't, they are obsessed with their gadgets and fiddle and check it all the time.

No, I googled that one ages ago, that's a hoax. They are no more likely to explode while charging than when they are not charging. Bloating of the battery and cheap substandard batteries are the usual signs/cause. But it's still pretty rare so I try not to worry about it.

I don't carry mine from room to room and TBH usually it's switched off because it's a stupid smartphone and the battery lasts about 12 hours which is totally pointless.

I'm with you OP -
Landline - first port of call, leave a message if it's not urgent
Mobile - for last minute emergencies, if no number on landline

And don't get me started on the people (not urgent callers) who ring the landline, don't leave a message, then ring back again to check my mobile number from the answerphone, then ring the mobile. Arggh!

no number = no answer - doh!