Do you have a landline phone?

Scanlas The 2nd

I don't, seems like a waste of money.

mauzo

Nope!

cgpg5

Dunno why we do. can't remember the last time I used one myself. Ring my mobile or contact me on facebook ffs

mikemac1

Give us a poll

admiralofthefleet

yep

Stinicker

I do but mainly for Eircom's broadband as there is no other proper broadband available here and I don't count crappy Three as anything less than a subpar version of a carrier pigeon.

Clareman

I have a landline and a phone, just so I can have broadband, the phone is a cordless phone that started beeping 1 night cause it was fully charged or something (had been left without being touched for months) so I threw it in a drawer, herself plugged out the base a while back, I don't think the phone has been used in at least a year, but I am paying for the landline.

Fr Jessup

mikemac1 wrote: »

Give us a poll

Here you go http://i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/01236/graham_poll_1236337c.jpg

Sunnyisland

Yep, package deal from eircom.

aaronjumper

Yes but nobody has the number, it came with the broadband.

Shenshen

We do, because where we live we cannot get broadband without also having a landline phone.
Bloody annoying and massive waste of money.

phasers

my UPC package worked out cheaper with a landline than without, so yeah I have one. Use it very rarely when I can't find my mobile. Usually to ring my mobile.

BrokenArrows

nope.

Defiler Of The Coffin

We do, mostly because the mobile reception is rubbish

le la rat

Yu can not have my number

Zoria

No, I have no need for it.

wobbles

phasers wrote: »

my UPC package worked out cheaper with a landline than without, so yeah I have one. Use it very rarely when I can't find my mobile. Usually to ring my mobile.

Same here. Only used the odd time for actual calls but used nearly daily for finding my phone

Galwayguy35

No, I live alone so have no need for a landline.
Broadband signal around here is rubbish but I put up with it cos it would be a waste of money getting a landline in.

Tin Foil Hat

Yea. I keep it right next to the vcr.

Wibbs

admiralofthefleet wrote: »

yep

What AotF said. Old stylee analogue jobbie too. For me "wireless" is great, but I like the security of a hard line(missus) I can rely on. I'm old. I'm like the dog in the His Masters Voice pics.

Dr. Kenneth Noisewater

I have one because like a few others here, had to get it with eircom's broadband. I have no use for it though and don't actually have a telephone set. No harm really, I could see herself running up big bills on it.

admiralofthefleet

Wibbs wrote: »

What AotF said. Old stylee analogue jobbie too. For me "wireless" is great, but I like the security of a hard line(missus) I can rely on. I'm old. I'm like the dog in the His Masters Voice pics.

what Wibbs said

Miss Lockhart

Yes - with eircom for broadband and have had the landline for years. Don't even know if you can just get broadband from eircom? I would get rid of it if possible as we never use it.

And despite the fact that it's common to laugh at people having eircom broadband round these parts, I have had nothing but trouble and poor customer service from both UPC and Imagine but no problems with eircom, so we'll be sticking with it.

boobar

Yes....
need it for broadband, Eircom as well.

Lando Griffin

Have one that came with Eircom. Only use it for when the baby has a nap and ring one to the other and mute/loud speaker it. Can't use the baby monitor ad it needs the mat so stays in the bed. Sh%&*t handy.

Diddy Kong

Mobile reception is woeful on the house so landline is essential. And its so cheap with UPC.

gara

Galwayguy35 wrote: »

No, I live alone so have no need for a landline.

Do you have to live with people to want to call someone?

Where To

Yep for lo-call numbers and ringing places like Brazil and The Vatican.

housetypeb

It seems to me that some of you are confusing landline phone service from Eircom(with standing charges whether you use the phone or not) with VOiP phone service.

Cantona's Collars

Yep,Vodafone At Home.A lot cheaper than Eircom plus it's the best broadband service I can get where I live.

I never use the phone though.

efb

Yes another VAH customer. 6 calls last month...

Cú Giobach

admiralofthefleet wrote: »

what Wibbs said

What admiralofthefleet said.

ABajaninCork

Yes, of course we do! I think it's foolish to rely on just a mobile. What if the phone breaks, you lose the phone, have it stolen, you're out of credit, out of coverage? Anything could happen to a mobile, which is why we have a landline as backup. We also have broadband. Anyone who relies on mobile data access must have money to burn - I think it's horrendously expensive! :eek:

Furthermore, as I'm English I need the phone in order to call home!

Johro

No, got a mobile and a skype phone. I used to have a landline with eircom but I'd have maybe 3 euros worth of calls on my bill and the rest was just rental, and a proper rip-off. So I cancelled it.

shruikan2553

I'm hoping not to in the new house. Planning to get UPC broadband.

emzolita

Yeah, have upc broadband, home phone with free calls , and digital tv for like 70 a month, good deal imo

Nodster

of course I have a landline, I wouldn't leave home without it

policarp

Why have a landline phone when you can send telegrams delivered by hand. . .

MrFrisp

Nope...

And it brings a smile to My face when I think back to how much money We have saved rather than let those thievin feckers at eircom have it.

Am seriously thinkin of getting in a Blueface phone though...







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eth0

Cisco 7960G + Blueface ftw

Lawrence1895

emzolita wrote: »

Yeah, have upc broadband, home phone with free calls , and digital tv for like 70 a month, good deal imo

Same here

I have family and friends in Germany, calling them from a mobile would be a bit too expensive for me.

mitosis

Nope. Got rid of mine a few years ago. Don't miss it.

Vahevala

No, I don't need it. I have a free landline calls add on for my mobile which suits me fine so I can ring other landlines for free

CruelCoin

lahnd.......laine.....?

Rasmus

Yep, just recently for a few reasons: broadband, have to make overseas calls a lot, and when I am chatting I don't want to radiate my brain (also hate how mobiles get hot when talking for a long time).

jupiterjack

never had one..

Solair

I've several landline numbers, but it's all VoIP based.