Comments on: Landlines Or Cell Phone? Residents Pull The Plug On Traditional Phones http://www.northescambia.com/2017/08/landlines-or-cell-phone-residents-pull-the-plug-on-traditional-phones Local News for Molino, Bratt, McDavid, Century, Walnut Hill, Cantonment Wed, 08 Apr 2026 11:39:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Louise http://www.northescambia.com/2017/08/landlines-or-cell-phone-residents-pull-the-plug-on-traditional-phones/comment-page-1#comment-407579 Louise Sat, 22 Feb 2020 19:30:03 +0000 http://www.northescambia.com/?p=294080#comment-407579 When the weather is wet my landline was making incredibly loud crackly noises; further for LOCAL ONLY I was charged $53 a month which includes caller ID. Caller ID is not free. There were a few incidences people tried to call me the landline had this recording "no longer in service" due to glitches. Since landlines are so expensive and bad weather accounting for poor receiving, I switched to VOIP via Google Voice which is free and the signal is very strong. Granted if my Internet goes down so does the phone access...BUT I also have a cell phone as a backup. My cell phone also has 911 access. My Google voice costs nothing. I had to port my old landline number to mobile which I then ported that to Google voice. My current phone number is the same on I had since my parents were alive and is decades old. When the weather is wet my landline was making incredibly loud crackly noises; further for LOCAL ONLY I was charged $53 a month which includes caller ID. Caller ID is not free. There were a few incidences people tried to call me the landline had this recording “no longer in service” due to glitches. Since landlines are so expensive and bad weather accounting for poor receiving, I switched to VOIP via Google Voice which is free and the signal is very strong. Granted if my Internet goes down so does the phone access…BUT I also have a cell phone as a backup. My cell phone also has 911 access. My Google voice costs nothing. I had to port my old landline number to mobile which I then ported that to Google voice.

My current phone number is the same on I had since my parents were alive and is decades old.

]]> By: Greg http://www.northescambia.com/2017/08/landlines-or-cell-phone-residents-pull-the-plug-on-traditional-phones/comment-page-1#comment-348026 Greg Wed, 09 Aug 2017 10:50:37 +0000 http://www.northescambia.com/?p=294080#comment-348026 Landlines are by far superior to digital phones - VoIP or cellular. Landlines have a reliability of 99.999% that you don't get with cell phones or VoIP. VoIP suffers the same problems as cell phones - dropped calls, static, loss of quality, etc. 50 years from now, I will ONLY have an analog landline in my home. No VoIP and no cell phones. @My2Cents - your cell phone is probably irritating you because of the RF radiation coming out of it. Your cell phone manual actually tells you NOT to put it up to your head or in your pocket, and even then, levels are nowhere close to being remotely "safe". Landlines are by far superior to digital phones – VoIP or cellular. Landlines have a reliability of 99.999% that you don’t get with cell phones or VoIP. VoIP suffers the same problems as cell phones – dropped calls, static, loss of quality, etc. 50 years from now, I will ONLY have an analog landline in my home. No VoIP and no cell phones.

@My2Cents – your cell phone is probably irritating you because of the RF radiation coming out of it. Your cell phone manual actually tells you NOT to put it up to your head or in your pocket, and even then, levels are nowhere close to being remotely “safe”.

]]> By: My2Cents http://www.northescambia.com/2017/08/landlines-or-cell-phone-residents-pull-the-plug-on-traditional-phones/comment-page-1#comment-347874 My2Cents Mon, 07 Aug 2017 16:37:04 +0000 http://www.northescambia.com/?p=294080#comment-347874 Why not both? I love landlines. I just wish they weren't so expensive. Thankfully mine is through a bundle with the cable company. I hate talking on cell phones as they get hot and the earpiece is starting to irritate me. I like a landline. Why not both? I love landlines. I just wish they weren’t so expensive. Thankfully mine is through a bundle with the cable company. I hate talking on cell phones as they get hot and the earpiece is starting to irritate me. I like a landline.

]]> By: Jimmy http://www.northescambia.com/2017/08/landlines-or-cell-phone-residents-pull-the-plug-on-traditional-phones/comment-page-1#comment-347861 Jimmy Mon, 07 Aug 2017 13:27:20 +0000 http://www.northescambia.com/?p=294080#comment-347861 You can register your landline or cell phone to not receive telemarketer calls by going to the National Do Not Call Registry site: https://www.donotcall.gov/ or calling 1-888-382-1222 from the phone you want to register. You can register your landline or cell phone to not receive telemarketer calls by going to the National Do Not Call Registry site:
https://www.donotcall.gov/

or calling 1-888-382-1222 from the phone you want to register.

]]> By: beautiful http://www.northescambia.com/2017/08/landlines-or-cell-phone-residents-pull-the-plug-on-traditional-phones/comment-page-1#comment-347858 beautiful Mon, 07 Aug 2017 12:46:29 +0000 http://www.northescambia.com/?p=294080#comment-347858 I had a land line phone for years. Plus all my kids had cellphone, husband n I got cellphone. After they all graduate n move on ,we let the landline phone go. Because everyone stop calling the house,n started calling our cellphone. So we stop wasting $125.00 a month on frontier landline with internet. N just got there internet service for $42.00. I had a land line phone for years. Plus all my kids had cellphone, husband n I got cellphone. After they all graduate n move on ,we let the landline phone go. Because everyone stop calling the house,n started calling our cellphone. So we stop wasting $125.00 a month on frontier landline with internet. N just got there internet service for $42.00.

]]> By: Tom http://www.northescambia.com/2017/08/landlines-or-cell-phone-residents-pull-the-plug-on-traditional-phones/comment-page-1#comment-347843 Tom Mon, 07 Aug 2017 07:33:32 +0000 http://www.northescambia.com/?p=294080#comment-347843 Upon recent FCC Regulation after Ivan and Katrina and Sandy, all Cell Tower sites are required by law to have 3 forms of Power as in a Back up gas, diesel or propane Generator's And or Battery Backup Or Wind Turbine and or Solar Backup and the Power Grid itself Providing a (minimum) of 8 to 10 hours or more in storm prone locations. After which most providers have to deploy portable Cell towers now that are in areas of prolonged power outages. Upon recent FCC Regulation after Ivan and Katrina and Sandy, all Cell Tower sites are required by law to have 3 forms of Power as in a Back up gas, diesel or propane Generator’s And or Battery Backup Or Wind Turbine and or Solar Backup and the Power Grid itself Providing a (minimum) of 8 to 10 hours or more in storm prone locations. After which most providers have to deploy portable Cell towers now that are in areas of prolonged power outages.

]]> By: Tom http://www.northescambia.com/2017/08/landlines-or-cell-phone-residents-pull-the-plug-on-traditional-phones/comment-page-1#comment-347842 Tom Mon, 07 Aug 2017 07:04:03 +0000 http://www.northescambia.com/?p=294080#comment-347842 @CW, Regarding Frontier, I am one such customer as I have what Frontier calls Dry Loop or Stand alone Dsl Internet without phone service, Which cost's between 19.99 and 29.99 depending on the speeds you go for. E911 or Enhanced 911, Use's Either Gps and Cell tower triangulation allowing between 50 to 150 meter (170 Feet) accuracy on average and or the Address on file for that Account. @CW, Regarding Frontier, I am one such customer as I have what Frontier calls Dry Loop or Stand alone Dsl Internet without phone service, Which cost’s between 19.99 and 29.99 depending on the speeds you go for. E911 or Enhanced 911, Use’s Either Gps and Cell tower triangulation allowing between 50 to 150 meter (170 Feet) accuracy on average and or the Address on file for that Account.

]]> By: Gembeaux http://www.northescambia.com/2017/08/landlines-or-cell-phone-residents-pull-the-plug-on-traditional-phones/comment-page-1#comment-347838 Gembeaux Mon, 07 Aug 2017 02:17:09 +0000 http://www.northescambia.com/?p=294080#comment-347838 @ "Grand Locust" Having a landline doesn't mean that's the only phone they have; sometimes it means they have all bases covered. When Ivan came through, our cell provider lost two towers that serviced our area. Our landline never failed. Hope your AOL comment makes you feel clever. @ “Grand Locust” Having a landline doesn’t mean that’s the only phone they have; sometimes it means they have all bases covered. When Ivan came through, our cell provider lost two towers that serviced our area. Our landline never failed.
Hope your AOL comment makes you feel clever.

]]> By: busy http://www.northescambia.com/2017/08/landlines-or-cell-phone-residents-pull-the-plug-on-traditional-phones/comment-page-1#comment-347834 busy Mon, 07 Aug 2017 00:26:44 +0000 http://www.northescambia.com/?p=294080#comment-347834 “The only calls we’d get... were solicitation calls" Me, too. Now, I get them on my cell phone. There ought to be a law against telephone solicitation. “The only calls we’d get… were solicitation calls” Me, too. Now, I get them on my cell phone. There ought to be a law against telephone solicitation.

]]> By: chris http://www.northescambia.com/2017/08/landlines-or-cell-phone-residents-pull-the-plug-on-traditional-phones/comment-page-1#comment-347831 chris Sun, 06 Aug 2017 22:47:05 +0000 http://www.northescambia.com/?p=294080#comment-347831 I don't have a landline but I do have the AOL account. Had it for years, never cost me a dime. Cannot justify $40.00 + monthly for a service I never utilize, and which is not reliable on a clear day. I don’t have a landline but I do have the AOL account. Had it for years, never cost me a dime. Cannot justify $40.00 + monthly for a service I never utilize, and which is not reliable on a clear day.

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