Telephones

[sea-salted]

As the majority of us have mobiles these days does anyone actually use a land line anymore..cant remember the last time i rang someone from the house phone??

[sandgrounder24]

I only use mine for 0845 calls so at most my call charges are about £2 a month.

[DebOnTheWeb]

When I'm at home all my calls are made from the landline except calls to mobiles, which are made from my mobile

[Hamble]

Ours is just as busy as alway's.

We do not give our moblie numbers to many people otherwise
would get no peace.

Years ago , when the first bricks came out we used to call it 'the bat phone'
as it was the upgrade from a bleep and was work only.

Funny how things turn about.

[a.l.guzzler]

We only use our landline phone to receive 'nuisance' calls.

[kotinka]

I keep losing my mobile in various pockets & bags. The only reason I use my landline is to find my mobile! Gawd help me if it goes flat!

[zooma]

What about public pay phones. I,ve not used one in years.

[kotinka]

What about public pay phones. I,ve not used one in years.

Yup, I had a family emergency one day, dad was supposed to be collecting kids, no reply, phone decided to do a hissy fit no signal thing, had to walk 2 miles to find a working payphone, by that time, I was so near the kid's school the issue was redundant. feeking maintain them or ditch them!

[missypops]

have a mobile that i take with me if travelling abroad alone (probably once a year) and put approx £10 credit a year on, otherwise never use it at all, use my landline if i need it and if someone needs me when i'm out, well i'm out so they can leave a message. We managed without mobiles before.

[Stupot]

My landline is the main phone - the mobile is basically for potential emergencies or receiving incoming calls/texts.

[Tilly W]

Can't remember the last time the land line was plugged in

[andy 1]

i maybe wrong but are all you guys on this thread over 50 years old

[Stupot]

I keep losing my mobile in various pockets & bags. The only reason I use my landline is to find my mobile! Gawd help me if it goes flat!

That's the beauty of a landline. You can always make an emergency call whereas with a flat battery mobile you maybe/are in the fertiliser......

You can also use a landline Master Socket's test circuit to check your broadband router's connection is as it should be.

[ex more]

i maybe wrong but are all you guys on this thread over 50 years old

Why??

[RobinC]

Our mobile signal is carp inside our house, so we either have to go and stand near the window upstairs or use the landline. Our neighbour is a sales manager and makes all his business calls on his mobile, sat in his car on the drive.

One day, Steve might get paid by Orange to have a mobile phone mast on top of his office, and then we may be able to use our mobiles indoors.

[kotinka]

i maybe wrong but are all you guys on this thread over 50 years old

nope! just sometimes, our wonderful tech fails.

[Ceam]

Use ours all the time, £5.00 unlimited calls with SKY.

[Stupot]

Use ours all the time, £5.00 unlimited calls with SKY.

For £10.50 I get AnyTime UK phone calls, AnyTime international calls to 36 different countries and "Up to 24Mb" broadband (around 15Mb on average)..

[lillie]

As the majority of us have mobiles these days does anyone actually use a land line anymore..cant remember the last time i rang someone from the house phone??

use my mobile for what i call quicke calls.to settle down for what i call a good old chinwag,its the landline.

[whiplash]

My mum refuses to ring a mobile,so have to connect the house line after 7pm.(when its free).
Also if you want to take credit out now to buy goods you need a land line.

[den]

For some reason, I keep upgrading my mobile (currently got a Blackberry), but I never use it (can't actually do much on it other than make calls), rarely know where it is and haven't given the number to anyone. It's also usually completely dead as I never charge it. Having said that, I hardly use the landline either.

I don't think I really like phones at all. I suppose they would be useful for calling 999 if necessary but, other than that, they seem mostly to be used by people I don't want to talk to (my family) calling me or other people asking for money I owe them which I haven't got, or trying to sell me something I don't need/want.

[Toodles McGinty]

For £10.50 I get AnyTime UK phone calls, AnyTime international calls to 36 different countries and "Up to 24Mb" broadband (around 15Mb on average)..

Is that with Sky? I'm with O2 and landline, calls and BB were £33 this month. Bit steep.

[Stupot]

Is that with Sky? I'm with O2 and landline, calls and BB were £33 this month. Bit steep.

TalkTalk on the AnyTime International3 package, but not available to new subscribers. I've been on it since April 2006 when TT first gave "free" broadband.

[Alikado]

What about public pay phones. I,ve not used one in years.

Had to use one during the summer in Worcester when I had mobbie probs, 60p minimum charge for a 20 second conversation!

[blackpoolrock]

I use my land line for incoming calls only and for internet connection.