Who still has a landline and why ?

How else will i dial the phone with a pencil?

You may find this thread from April of interest.

Not only do I still have a landline, but I have the same phone number that I grew up with. I'm a very poor user of my iPhone, and everyone I know has my old number.

I still have a landline because I get horrible cellphone reception in my apartment. All of my cell calls drop and the only way I can talk on the phone when I’m home is on my landline. If I could resolve that issue, then I would absolutely get rid of it.

I changed mine to a VoIP line. It costs 85 cents a month to maintain. I've had that phone number for nearly 40 years. It's just nostalgia. If it cost even $5/month, I'd cancel it.

R4 - hook up your cell to your wifi and make WiFi calls. That should get around it.

I've been there - stuck in a place with miserable cell coverage and as soon as I walk down the block, full bars.

R4, whether you use an iPhone or an Android device, any semi-recent version should have the ability to enable WiFi Calling. So as long as your mobile has free and clear access to your home WiFi signal, your voice calls route through that signal, rather than relying on the quality or lack there of regarding the cellular signal at home.

Same situation with me about terrible cellular where I live, but the WiFi calling option saves the day - at least in my usage.

I’m waiting for that call from Shep Huntleigh.

Interesting info on hooking up the cell to the internet - helps me at work.

R6 and R7, thank you both for your suggestions. I will try that and see if it makes the difference. And R6, you’re absolutely right — all I have to do is step outside my building and instantly I get full bars. It’s quite frustrating.

In other words, tell us you’re an Eldergay without saying so.

Well, as it so happens, AOL is shutting down its dial-up service in about a month. Another reason to ditch your landline.

R11 And once you get that information, what will you do with it to improve yourself here on the forum ?

Just being puckish, R13. I’m in my dotage myself.

I have a landline because my mom refuses to get a cell phone, or learn how to use it.

She just doesn’t want to bother. So we have a landline with our 40+ year-old number still working.

The problem then is, when the lights go out, the router and internet line fails and so does our phone. ☎️

R4/R10 - you have to turn on wi-fi calling on your phone though. Don't forget that.

Call me when you're done. (joke)