S_engineer
join:2007-05-16
Chicago, IL | I love my POTS>>>>
Its cheap and always works, no matter what.
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cableties
Premium
join:2005-01-27
 ·Verizon FIOS
| The quality. Don't forget the quality. Yes, the cellphone is cheap, but most settle for garbled talk or interference. I prefer the landline (over FiOS) as it is crystal clear (can hear too much sometimes...).
Yes, I can hear you now. But poorly. (I guess that is the point with Verizon, quantity over quality) 
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Gary A
join:2008-03-02
Odessa, FL
 ·Embarq
·Verizon FIOS
| POTS
Agree. I like having a second option in case the local cell phone tower goes out. Besides, my home security alarm is monitored over POTS. Yeah, I know I could switch the alarm to wireless, but last time I checked, it was expensive and its reliability wouldn't be known until it was actually installed and tested. |
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contractsssss
@wightman.ca | Cell phones have contracts...
And lock people in for a term... far as i can remember my landline didn't have a term on it (Bell Canada) but that was a while ago. |
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Pv8man
join:2008-07-24
Hammond, IN | reply to S_engineer
Re: I love my POTS>>>>
Two words.....
"Google Voice" |
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TK Junk Mail
Go ahead, make my day
join:2006-07-30
Ocean Gate, NJ | reply to S_engineer
I love my POTS too, but it sure isn't cheap. |
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TKJunkMail
Enjoy the sun
Premium
join:2002-03-03
Avalon, NJ
 ·Sprint Mobile Broa..
 ·Comcast
| reply to S_engineer
said by S_engineer  :Its cheap and always works, no matter what. And you can cut costs by dropping the landline to just the very basic service level($8.xx/mo + taxes/fees=approx $15/mo), and using your wireless account or free Google Voice account for everything else. That is what I did. I use the landline for all the incoming calls and Google Voice & Wireless for everything else.
P.S.>> It is a Verizon Wireless(45% owned by Vodafone) ad and NOT a Verizon ad. So not surprising they may be pushing wireless instead of a land line. But I wonder how long Verizon will let it's subsidiary run this campaign since it made the news?
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wifi4milez
Big Russ, 1918 to 2008. Rest in Peace
join:2004-08-07
New York, NY
·Verizon FIOS
·Sprint Mobile Broa..
·RoadRunner Cable
 ·BroadVoice
| POTS is necessary
In my home I have two cell phones, 5 VoIP lines, and one POTS line. The reason I have the POTS is that I realize VoIP and cell service wont always work. Unfortunately, I had the experience of needing to dial 911 and without POTS things might have been very different. I love my VoIP, but if you care about your safety (or that of your loved ones) make sure you have a 'dial tone only' POTS line in your house. Also, dont let the FIOS techs convert your POTS line to fiber either, otherwise its not any better that VoIP.
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mrkevin
Knowledge comes, but wisdom lingers.
Premium
join:2007-08-07
Aurora, ME
clubs:
·US Cellular
 ·Dish Network
·magicjack.com
·Rivah.net
| security sysytems, sat TV
Don't forget to plug your cell phone into the Dish and the security system...oh yah it has to be charged to...
Verizons scheme.
1st. create a wireless network. It doesn't have to be any good just has to be there.
Next,
Sell all your land lines to retarded companies, knowing they will fail.
next,
set out a campaign to discredit the takeover companies and tout your wireless network.
next,
Enjoy all your customers back.
It's BRILLIANT!!!!
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simplykristi
Cancer Sucks
Premium
join:2001-11-28
Metro KC
·AT&T U-Verse
·AT&T Yahoo
·Comcast
| Landline
I have at least three family members who don't have landlines. In the future I am not going to have a landline. I will get DSL without having a landline. Or go back to cable modem.
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myokitis
join:2004-06-19
Alexandria, VA
| reply to S_engineer
Re: I love my POTS>>>>
I agree . . . The audio quality of landline far surpasses what you can get via cell, and I also like the comfort factor. It's a much more comfortable experience holding a real headset against your ear as opposed to a 4"x2" long cellphone.
Both these things make landline much better for conversations lasting more than 1 min, IMO. |
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PapaMidnight
join:2009-01-13
Baltimore, MD
1 edit | reply to S_engineer
said by S_engineer :Its cheap and always works, no matter what. I'll second that. 99% Guaranteed service (Because something can always happen), even if the power goes out, thanks to the power coming over the copper phone lines.
Then again, it's not like I have a choice in the matter considering Verizon cherry picked our area (where haven't they) and chose to stop building fiber lines exactly 1 block away from me.
Yes, I will take every single opportunity to point out Verizon's cherry picking. |
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battleop
join:2005-09-28
00000 | reply to Pv8man
I doubt that. Google does a lot of other free things and you have not seen the collapse of those markets. |
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ISurfTooMuch
join:2007-04-23
Tuscaloosa, AL
| No landline for me
I have no landline and haven't had one for over five years. Yes, cell phones can go out, but the longest outage I ever had was with my SBC landline, and that was for several days, and it wasn't even weather-related but some sort of technical problem.
The way I see it, I have two cell phones with two different carriers (personal and work phones), my wife has a cell, I have a landline at work, and I have 911 calling on my copper circuit that is used for DSL service. That's about all I need.
And basic landlines here cost around $26 with tax, so they're by no means cheap.
Now, none of this means I'd never get a landline again, but I want to see some real value in it first. When a basic landline comes with call waiting, Caller ID, voicemail, and included long distance, all for a price comparable to a low-priced cell plan, I might consider it. Give me value for my money, and I might come back. |
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scott523
join:2005-12-02
Upper Darby, PA
3 edits | Cut My Landline? Not yet...
I too, have 4 cell phones, 1 Skype North America unlimited ($30/year), and the landline at home.
Right now we have our landline as a small "buffer" for the people that we're not confident in letting them call straight to our cell phones, like telemarketers. It's still pretty cheap with RCN ($68 for phone+internet) and it covers to Canada (since we have relatives there). Skype covers to Canada too but it's only for convenient uses where the landline isn't an option.
Maybe when the cell phones have unlimited coverage to Canada I'll reconsider killing my landline. |
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zod5000
join:2003-10-21
Edmonton, AB
·TELUS
·TekSavvy Solutions..
| I like my landline
The quality of audio on a landline still can't be beat. Cell phones don't work near as good, and digital phone while close, isn't quite there yet.
I'm not ready to give up my landline. Besises its only 20 bux a month and the long distance on it is cheaper than my cell. |
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CylonRed
Premium,MVM
join:2000-07-06
Bloom County
| reply to S_engineer
Re: I love my POTS>>>>
Yep - has yet top fail me in an extended power outage and with 2 little kids and a wife - I value that. Not to mention - talking to children on a cell phone sucks.
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DGLewis
join:2006-03-10
Freehold, NJ
| VZ Landline customer?
Is the reader who submitted the ad a Verizon wireline customer, or not?
It would be interesting if VZW was sending these ads only to their customers who are known to not be VZ wireline customers - though I'm not sure if they're allowed to do so under CPNI cross-marketing rules. |
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pnh102
Reptiles Are Cuddly And Pretty
Premium
join:2002-05-02
Mount Airy, MD | No Landline Here Either
I cut the cord in 2003 and haven't looked back.
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Anjorusso
@speakeasy.net | voip will lead the way
within 5 years, all phone traffic will be carried through voip...whether fixed or mobile....so landline will die together with cell phone at the same time |
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