Comments on: Think About Keeping Your Landline Phone

By: James

James — Tue, 31 Jul 2012 09:40:29 +0000

Wireless phones are okay but I’m not giving up my land line phone in the house. I think it is a necessity to have a home based number even with the popularity of cell phones.

By: Chris

Chris — Wed, 03 Nov 2010 18:38:44 +0000

I thought about going wireless and giving up my land line. Thanks for the tips!

By: Tina

Tina — Tue, 26 Oct 2010 20:24:11 +0000

I disagree with this article where it says an unlimited cell phone plan can cost $100/ month. When my contract ended, instead of renewing, I went with NET10′s unlimited plan. It’s $50 a month for unlimited talk, text, web, email, and 411. They have a wide array of phones to choose from. Best of all, there are no “hidden fees”. It’s clear cut, stress free, and has helped me save this year.

By: Erika

Erika — Thu, 21 Oct 2010 15:51:12 +0000

We have a cell phone for emergencies which cost around $25 plus $100 phone card to add minutes which are good for a year. Every year we pay $10 or $20 to extend the expiration of the minutes for another year. At home, we have high speed internet which my husband needs if he is going to be doing any work from home. We bough Ooma two years ago and haven’t had a monthly phone bill since. You just buy the Ooma device for around $200 and you get pretty much unlimited local and long distance calling forever, (as long as they stay in business). There is a limit to the minutes but it’s so high that we’ve never even come close. It’s basically to prevent someone from abusing it.

By: CindyM

CindyM — Thu, 21 Oct 2010 12:52:12 +0000

My landline runs about $20 a month. My elcheapo Tracfone runs me $20 every three months. I seldom use the Tracfone but it’s handy and I’d never spend more on a cell phone. I’ve frankly never understood the constant use of cellphones to chat with friends but then I’m old school.

By: Jo

Jo — Wed, 20 Oct 2010 19:37:00 +0000

We had hoped to end up moving where we’d not need a landline. Unfortunately, there is no cell signal where I live; hoping in the car each time to go look for a signal isn’t practical either. And no one could reach us either.

The landline is also bundled with internet and cable, which initially started out costing very little. However, that expired and now it’s time to look for another deal. The landline stays, though…..

By: Wanda

Wanda — Wed, 20 Oct 2010 18:09:50 +0000

I wish we did have $20.00 landline service in my area. It’s more like $50.00 by the time they add all the federal and local taxes, wire charges, etc.

By: Gail

Gail — Wed, 20 Oct 2010 16:53:32 +0000

We stick with our landline that runs us about $29 a month. I have no need for a cell phone.

By: Monkey Mama

Monkey Mama — Tue, 19 Oct 2010 18:52:44 +0000

Basic Landlines where we live cost $10/month. (I’ve had 2 different services, whereas friends 20 miles away had VERY expensive basic landline service). So, it depends where you live. If someone told me cell phones were cheaper, I’d think they were crazy. But I suppose it is true for some.

I actually just had a friend drop their cell phones and their land line for magic jack. It’s like $20 per year. I think you’d be hard pressed to find a cell phone for $20 per year.

All that said, I prefer both the cell phone and land line for our own needs. Cell = emergency/family/long distance (couldn’t imagine not having a cell in case of emergency – remember the days before it yes, and it sucked). Land line = everything else. I don’t like to use my cell phone for everything – I don’t like to be that reachable.

By: T

Mon, 18 Oct 2010 18:10:20 +0000

I use Skype at home.

Here’s what I did last year.
Wireless Phone (IPEVO) – $100
12 Month Skype Out (2.95 month) – $35.40
12 Month Skype Out ($60 – $30 12 month discount) – $30