Comments on: Why I Abandoned My Landline Telephone http://www.mobilemag.com/2009/07/10/why-i-abandoned-my-landline-telephone/ Gadgets, Smartphones, Android Tablets, iPhone, iPad and all the latest tech you'd expect. Sun, 19 May 2013 22:40:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: What’s Up Wednesdays: Too Soon Junior « Beyond the Rhetoric http://www.mobilemag.com/2009/07/10/why-i-abandoned-my-landline-telephone/#comment-1087 What’s Up Wednesdays: Too Soon Junior « Beyond the Rhetoric Wed, 05 Aug 2009 18:02:41 +0000 http://www.mobilemag.com/?p=65099#comment-1087 [...] but there are still reasons why you may want to consider keeping your landline. Personally, my sentiments echo those of [...] [...] but there are still reasons why you may want to consider keeping your landline. Personally, my sentiments echo those of [...]

]]> By: notinterested http://www.mobilemag.com/2009/07/10/why-i-abandoned-my-landline-telephone/#comment-884 notinterested Wed, 22 Jul 2009 19:58:56 +0000 http://www.mobilemag.com/?p=65099#comment-884 I would love to get rid of my landline but I don't want to lose Internet access. Does anyone know how I can get Web access without having a landline? For me this is not about getting rid of wires, per se--I simply donrt want to pay $100/month for a package of Internet and voice when I have no need for the voice plan aspect, and don't particularly need my Web access to be high-speed. I would love to get rid of my landline but I don't want to lose Internet access. Does anyone know how I can get Web access without having a landline? For me this is not about getting rid of wires, per se–I simply donrt want to pay $100/month for a package of Internet and voice when I have no need for the voice plan aspect, and don't particularly need my Web access to be high-speed.

]]> By: fouture http://www.mobilemag.com/2009/07/10/why-i-abandoned-my-landline-telephone/#comment-758 fouture Mon, 13 Jul 2009 07:04:48 +0000 http://www.mobilemag.com/?p=65099#comment-758 In Belgium, the landline connection comes free of charge when you have Telenet cable TV and Internet. So cost is not an issue. Other nice features are : 1. You don't have to recharge it. 2. You actually *can* get away from it, without having to feel guilty for not packing a (mobile) phone. 3. Small kids shouldn't be exposed to mobile phone microwaves, just as a measure of precaution. 4. My wife can talk her friends' and family's ears off, for all I care. 5. Stay-over foreign guests can use our phone for long distance calls without worrying about pay-back. 6. You get listed (unless you don't want it) free of charge in the White Pages, so people can get in touch. 7. In a large house, a system with several mobile handsets comes easy, and doubles as an intercom. In Belgium, the landline connection comes free of charge when you have Telenet cable TV and Internet. So cost is not an issue.

Other nice features are :

1. You don't have to recharge it.
2. You actually *can* get away from it, without having to feel guilty for not packing a (mobile) phone.
3. Small kids shouldn't be exposed to mobile phone microwaves, just as a measure of precaution.
4. My wife can talk her friends' and family's ears off, for all I care.
5. Stay-over foreign guests can use our phone for long distance calls without worrying about pay-back.
6. You get listed (unless you don't want it) free of charge in the White Pages, so people can get in touch.
7. In a large house, a system with several mobile handsets comes easy, and doubles as an intercom.

]]> By: Nonymoose http://www.mobilemag.com/2009/07/10/why-i-abandoned-my-landline-telephone/#comment-748 Nonymoose Sun, 12 Jul 2009 19:57:36 +0000 http://www.mobilemag.com/?p=65099#comment-748 Ditched it, for the same reasons as you did - I had better things to do with my money. I actually don't even have a contract on my cell phone either, I use a prepaid phone which saves me even more. Plus, I hate contracts (especially the cell phone type). There is this new $30 plan from Tracfone called Straight Talk which has created a lot of hype. I'm on that now and very happy so far. Ditched it, for the same reasons as you did – I had better things to do with my money. I actually don't even have a contract on my cell phone either, I use a prepaid phone which saves me even more. Plus, I hate contracts (especially the cell phone type).
There is this new $30 plan from Tracfone called Straight Talk which has created a lot of hype. I'm on that now and very happy so far.

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