Is a landline still necessary?
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My broadband is up for renewal. I currently have broadband with an included phone line rental. We never use the landline.
It used to be that a landline helped your credit score.
I have an excellent credit rating, don’t use the landline and it’s 2023, is it still better to pay extra for something I’ll never use Or have those days now gone and it’s fine to not have a landline?
Thanks.
It used to be that a landline helped your credit score.
I have an excellent credit rating, don’t use the landline and it’s 2023, is it still better to pay extra for something I’ll never use Or have those days now gone and it’s fine to not have a landline?
Thanks.
Red9zero said:
We only keep ours as my mother refuses to call our mobiles. The BT engineer we had round recently said he hears the same at a lot of houses.
Seems strange that she will phone one number but not another! If I were you I would get rid of the land line if you don't want it, she would then have to phone your mobile. Job done. Carguy44 said:
Red9zero said:
We only keep ours as my mother refuses to call our mobiles. The BT engineer we had round recently said he hears the same at a lot of houses.
Seems strange that she will phone one number but not another! If I were you I would get rid of the land line if you don't want it, she would then have to phone your mobile. Job done. We have just done away with our landline completely as we have switched to fibre broadband so phone line is no longer required.
My parents are still pretty dependant on their landline as they live in a village with no signal but even they are only really keeping it as my grandparents still believe turning a mobile phone on costs money, let think about alone calling one and refuse to accept the modern ways of using whatsapp or any other easier cheaper ways of contact, so unless your tied in by that you won't miss it.
Just for comparison my wife's grandparents who are 97 and 96 love modern tech, have WhatsApp, Message and smart home, full ring cameras set up the lot, they did get rid of facebook however as they said most of their friends weren't alive to add anymore so found it a tad depressing
My parents are still pretty dependant on their landline as they live in a village with no signal but even they are only really keeping it as my grandparents still believe turning a mobile phone on costs money, let think about alone calling one and refuse to accept the modern ways of using whatsapp or any other easier cheaper ways of contact, so unless your tied in by that you won't miss it.
Just for comparison my wife's grandparents who are 97 and 96 love modern tech, have WhatsApp, Message and smart home, full ring cameras set up the lot, they did get rid of facebook however as they said most of their friends weren't alive to add anymore so found it a tad depressing
Red9zero said:
Carguy44 said:
Red9zero said:
We only keep ours as my mother refuses to call our mobiles. The BT engineer we had round recently said he hears the same at a lot of houses.
Seems strange that she will phone one number but not another! If I were you I would get rid of the land line if you don't want it, she would then have to phone your mobile. Job done. Gassing Station | Computers, Gadgets & Stuff | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff