Do you still have a landline?

[Orangebadger]

Just that really? We do and I'm wondering why we do. Curious if others have got rid of theirs or not.

We keep ours so I can still contact vulnerable parents when the electricity goes off (more often than you think it would in a small market town). We do also have semi regular mobile outages.

Also because I am in my 50s and don’t use my mobile at home, because it’s a mobile phone to use when I am mobile, not when I am at home with the landline available.

Yep, we do. In fact bought a funky new phone a few weeks back, as we redid the hallway.

Only people that call it are my mum and dad, oh and that nice Indian chap called Dave, from Microsoft who wants to help me fix my computer, bless him!!

Yes. My Nan won’t ring mobiles! She’s the only reason I still have one! 😂

Yes couple in 30s 4 young kids prefer landlines and has come in very handy for emergencies etc also and it's free calms for is anyhow

Yes, for a number of reasons
I rarely have my mobile phone to hand and it can be buried in a bag or down the sofa and usually has the sound turned down. On the other hand we have three landline phones, in the bedroom, office and kitchen, with a loud ring so if anyone wants us in an emergency we would hear that, at night as well. It really is the best way to get hold of me especially if you want me quickly.
Until very recently I only gave my mobile number to friends. Businesses, doctors, etc are given the landline number. It was also the number I gave out as my work number (freelance). I see a mobile as much more intimate and I didn’t want ransoms being able to contact me that way. However in the last year I have had to start giving mobile out, what with increasing use of Whatsapp and also have moved to a job that doesn’t have landlines. Unsurprisingly, for the first time ever, I have now started getting random messages on WhatsApp from recruiters, scammers etc which never happened when I kept the number to friends only.

Random. Not ransom…

the problem with mobile numbers is that it means you are always available,
with a land line, at least you can be out

Yes. 95 year old mother in law is one of the few people to call us on it regularly - plus my older brother sometimes although he is more than capable of ringing my mobile too. Elderly neighbour has the number too in case she needs us. Might consider getting rid once they switch from analogue to digital.

Yes, but we never phone from it.

I'd love to understand how to get rid of mine. My DD's Tesco Mobile now has 100GB of data for under £20 and that would halve the cost of my phone + broadband package from BT. But our mobile signal isn't so great at home, sometimes I have to go outdoors to make a call. And my burglar alarm is connected to the wifi and, I think, the phone line. We watch quite a bit of Netflix, not sure how fast that gobbles up the GB.

Yes.

Alarms are often connected via a phone line yes

But no one with a smartphone should be going. Outside to make a call

Use the WiFi

We have the phone as part of our package but we don't have it connected. Too many marketing, call centre phone calls.

Only my gran phoned it and she ended up in a care home for a few years and then died last year so no need for it.

Another saying yes, because of poor mobile signal.

We have one. I doesn't cost anything and still works during a power cut, unlike our mobiles.

Nope. Only scammers ever called it so we unplugged it years ago.

Yes. I don’t like giving my mobile no. to all and sundry (e.g GP surgery, council etc) so I give them the landline number instead. I don’t have an answer phone enabled on my mobile so no ability for people to leave messages but they can on the land line. My surgery used to have my number, but I had them delete it after the constant barrage of covid-related texts in 2020/2021. Never received a text from them since.

Yes, late thirties age bracket! Very rare we use it but have one just in case and only a handful of people have the number so if it rings in the dead of night it would most probably be an urgent call.

No.
But we did until very recently, as DS2 was home alone occasionally, but didn't have a mobile.

Yes and recently we really needed it, two sudden unexpected major reasons for a few weeks, both times. We like it as back up anyway for security. A friend had her mobile stolen last year and had to resort to laptop with limited use as no mobile for security back up.

We have one but it never rings. Even my gran in her 80s uses mobiles these days. The only time it occasionally rings it is the NHS automated service to confirm a hospital appointment.

Also I like to switch mobile off late in the evenings when I decide I’m not available until the mornings so if it’s ever an emergency I’m still contactable.

No

Yes, but I don't use it but it meant I got a new router from BT for my wifi, if I hadn't have had the free VOIP phone I would have had to keep my old router unless I got a more expensive package

Yes for an emergency. I'm constantly putting my phone down and forgetting where it is and having to go look around the house for it. I thought if there was ever an emergency and I needed to call 999 I would want a landline as a back up.