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"A house phone? I haven’t I couldn’t stick the cold callers phoning all the time & was wondering if I’m the only one who haven’t  "
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Have a landline, because companies give you better deals with it.
Didn't have an actual phone with it in...
ages. |
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Living out in the sticks where the mobile don't roam, it is a necessity where the power goes off.
Sadly, that will go when BT switches it over to VOIP. Yet another 'improvement' that is less capable. |
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"We do, just for incoming calls from elderly relatives who haven't fathomed modern talkie boxes."
Most of mine know how to use modern phones, they even own them. Do they answer them when you ring ? No, they are buried in a bag or draw. Ring the landline, bingo, they answer  |
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Yep. Better for longer conversations, as you don't lose signal or other problems related to mobiles.
We get our mobile contracts, Sky, landline and broadband all tied into the one package, so it really doesn't cost much to keep it. |
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By *ullyMan
over a year ago
Near Clacton |
Easy solution, do as I do, your provider should have a free service too, that literally answers your calls and dumps spam, or if genuine will ring and ask if you will accept the call. I have this with BT it's free and my phone never rings. I use a mobile all time but the landline comes with my broadband so it's there for emergencies. |
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"A house phone? I haven’t I couldn’t stick the cold callers phoning all the time & was wondering if I’m the only one who haven’t "
Yes but it's not plugged in last time it was plugged in within minutes it rang and was a cold caller, had like five calls in 24 hrs.
Unplugged hasn't been plugged in since. |
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By *ornyguyMan
over a year ago
Hillsborough, NI |
Don't have a landline anymore after getting full fibre to the house.
Do want one though; somehow being on hold to out of hours doctor, or your medical centre or call centres for lengthy periods of time isn't quite as good on a mobile, if after 1 hour you lose signal and have to rejoin the queue. I prefer the stability of a landline phone. |
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"I do because i have to pay for it anyway and sometimes the mobile signal isnt great.
Same here, plus it's part of the BB deal."
Yep, I got a free one with the broadband from BT , handy to have, just in case! |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Easy solution, do as I do, your provider should have a free service too, that literally answers your calls and dumps spam, or if genuine will ring and ask if you will accept the call. I have this with BT it's free and my phone never rings. I use a mobile all time but the landline comes with my broadband so it's there for emergencies."
BT call guardian, comes built in with their landline handsets |
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By *ee VianteWoman
over a year ago
Somewhere in North Norfolk |
Yes and I still use it.
Talking into a proper 'phone is more comfortable than talking into a skinny, flat mobile.
I only use my mobile for calls if I'm out. If I'm home, I use the landline. |
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"A house phone? I haven’t I couldn’t stick the cold callers phoning all the time & was wondering if I’m the only one who haven’t "
We still have one, it is part of the deal... I can't remember the last time it rang though.
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By *orny PTMan
over a year ago
Peterborough |
"Have one but it’s not plugged in, I get cold callers through my mobile regardless. "
They use a device that just adds 1 to the previous number so xxxxx 59124, is followed by 59125. 59126 and so on. |
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Yes. I have a house phone. Wouldn't be without it.
I don't have cold callers. There's no reason why anyone would if they follow a few simple precautions.
I do think of getting rid of it at times but it never loses 'signal' and the sound on it is so much better than a mobile. It's easier to hold than a mobile and when mobile providers are down , I still have the phone. |
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"We do, just for incoming calls from elderly relatives who haven't fathomed modern talkie boxes.
Most of mine know how to use modern phones, they even own them. Do they answer them when you ring ? No, they are buried in a bag or draw. Ring the landline, bingo, they answer "
Most of the time it's not that people 'don't know ' how to use things or that they are thick or old and doddery, they are simply expressing a preference to stay with what they know and is still available.
For some it's that they've never taken the time to learn to use them but for some it is because a landline is simply superior and they have MANAGED TO RESIST the manipulation of companies and capitalism to buy into a product that doesn't serve them. In that respect they are astute not senile.
Not everyone wants to be contacted morning , noon and night especially if there is no need.
I don't get why middle agers immediately think that there is something wonderful about their submission to technology and spending money and automatically think the olders are incapable or they don't try to see things from the 'olders' point of view.
I also find it telling that younger people get frustrated when they can't contact someone in the blink of an eye.
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So i make sure i call it every week! 
