New phone plan?
I am seriously tempted to drop my landline. But a cell wouldn't be any cheaper. I have a cell phone, but it's a flip phone and because it's old, it doesn't deliver voice messages in a timely manner. It's only $25 a month though. I wonder if I can get by with just the flip phone. It would cost me around $60 a month to upgrade so there would be no savings in that. Advice???? Two tin cans and a string???? |
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| Do you have high speed internet (DSL, cable, or fiber optic)? If you do, you can switch to Vonage. It's only like $22 per month. Or, your cable company may offer a package where you can get cable, phone, and internet for a package price. |
| We switched to just cell phones about 5 years ago. Our landline was $50 per month, but adding a third cell phone to our plan raised it only $10 per month. And we got to keep our landline number, so it was a transparent move. It's saved us a lot of money. There are 2 things to consider, though. First, a landline will continue to work, even with the power out. If your power tends to go out for long stretches and you don't have a landline, you'll need some way to charge your cell phone. And those hand-crank chargers are exhausting. Second, you don't say who your cell phone carrier is. If it's Verizon, they are now requiring a landline in addition to your cell plan. This applies to all new plans, AND if you change your existing plan. |
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| We have Verizon, and just cell phones...so maybe that landline requirement is local to you? I've never heard that, and doesn't really make sense. We have new smart phones, so our renewals were pretty recent. We got rid of our landline as soon as Todd got a cell phone...maybe 7 or 8 yrs ago. With no kids at home, we just didn't need it or use it. Also - one of my friends did as mentioned - switched the home number to a cell (her husband's phone) when they got rid of the landline, so they still have the same number for him. Worked really well. |
| Food for thought. I will NEVER get rid of my land line. During 9/11, in the NYC area, they actually shut the cell phone systems down, because they were afraid of additional terrorist acts. During the major east coast blackout I was without power for almost four days. My land line worked fine. During the hurricane last fall same situation. One of the things to think of is if you are without power for an extended length of time so are the cell towers. The towers need power to repeat the signals and while they have battery backups they only last so long without power to recharge them. Cell phone service was spotty at best after the hurricane, because of the loss of power for many, many days and damage to the actual towers themselves. To me whatever I pay for my land line is well worth the cost of being connected to the rest of the world. Kathie |
kajochen wrote: Food for thought. I will NEVER get rid of my land line. During 9/11, in the NYC area, they actually shut the cell phone systems down, because they were afraid of additional terrorist acts. During the major east coast blackout I was without power for almost four days. My land line worked fine. During the hurricane last fall same situation. One of the things to think of is if you are without power for an extended length of time so are the cell towers. The towers need power to repeat the signals and while they have battery backups they only last so long without power to recharge them. Cell phone service was spotty at best after the hurricane, because of the loss of power for many, many days and damage to the actual towers themselves. To me whatever I pay for my land line is well worth the cost of being connected to the rest of the world. Kathie Same here, it always works. And our home alarm system is wired into it as well. |
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