Does Anyone Still Have a House Phone ?And Do You Still Use It ?
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I was wondering if anyone at LD has a house phone ? Do you still use it ? Not many people have them now. I think everyone just uses their mobile phones
Yes, we do and we do still use it. We do have mobile phones but they are very basic and don't connect to the internet. They are solely to take when we go out in the car so that we could call for help if we breakdown.
tumblespots do you I don't know anyone who has a house phone now everyone just uses mobiles and it would be too expensive to phone mobile phones on a landline thanks for your comment 
No I had one got rid of it we never used it and I was paying for unlimited calls on it
I have mine and still use it as does my neighbour occasionally.I grew up with a landline and will miss it when they go.
MelissaLee1 my daughter was going to get one in few months ago I said what the point the kids would be phoning all there friends who have mobiles and she doesn't know anyone with a house phone I suppose they are good for local calls I don't know anyone that still has one thanks for your comment
kate1310 I am wondering if I should be but we have just renewed our broadband with landline for 2 years so the next 2 years have to be ok.
tumblespots aw have you I think you should be ok we did have the telephone package when we got it but cancelled the phone as nobody used it
kate1310 The landline is the only phone we use. The mobile's are PAYG and I think we have used maybe Β£30 between us in the last 5 years, although that could be on the generous side 
tumblespots omg have you thats absolutely brilliant I wish I was as sensible as you lol we all have contract phones the money we waste is terrible iam trying to be better lol
tumblespots I read somewhere..or maybe dreamt it lol,that they were eventually getting rid of landlines.
We do it's part of our Broadband package but it's never used in fact it's unplugged at the wall as all we used to get was cold callers and outgoing calls are included in our packages using our mobiles .
I have a house phone with my broadband but it never gets used. I'm changing to a new broadband provider in a fortnight and getting rid of my landline, as all the family uses mobile phones.
I still have one and use it now and then. My son keeps telling me to get rid of it as I have a mobile also so paying for landline that's hardly ever used tbh
KateGriff169 yes I was same thats why I cancelled mine you pay for it and don't use it I stopped plugging mine in thanks for your comment
We have one but it never gets used anymore. We kept it as my OH grandma called us on it, but since she is gone it has never been used. I unplugged it recently as was getting alot of scam calls.
Glitterandgold a lot of old people still like the house phone. I had mine for my mum and dad, but once they passed away, nobody else really called me on it so I was paying it for nothing I didn't even plug it in thanks for your comment
Yes, we have one, don't use it much, mostly on a weekend because calls are free, I personally wouldn't have one, I never use it, it's my wife that wanted to keep one
martinlufc5637 I can't believe the number of people who still have one on LD. I know elderly people still like a house phone if you have older relatives. Thanks for your comment
kate1310 the only reason we kept one is because it's only Β£3 a month with You fibre , I don't use it, my wife uses it to phone her mum on a weekend, calls are free all weekend
martinlufc5637 omg, is it it thats brilliant I would be keeping it also at that price especially if you use it I can't believe it's only Β£3
kate1310 we were with virgin for internet and phone, it was Β£54 a month, our contract was ending in February and it was rising to Β£72 on renewal, wasn't paying that, so checked youfibre out, it is Β£31.99 with double the speed of virgin and phone included, fixed price for 2 years, and they paid our existing contract off with virgin
ded We literally got rid of house phone a month ago because our broadband and line rental went up so much this year. Started researching and decided not to have a home line, this saved quite a lot of money.
After our land line stopped working properly we had it repaired by Virgin Media, after a few days it stopped working again so we made the decision to get rid of it...
We bought a cheap mobile phone & installed that in our home to use when our own mobiles are in use..
janphoenix51 that's a good idea to get a cheap mobile for the house thanks for your comment
Got one. Never use it. Think it's broken if I'm honest. Don't even know my phone number
Jerseydrew I think most people are like that they pay for it, and it just sits there. I still know my number only because it was easy. lol thanks for your comment
Yes we do and it is used everyday, it is easier for elderly family to keep in touch. Plus you don't need to worry about signal drooping out
sallylester1 do you thats brilliant there isant a lot of people that use them daily I know a lot of elderly people do still like a house phone all mine has passed away they don't like mobile phones or Internet thanks for your comment
Yea I do every day for elderly family too as the last person said. Itβs back-up for no signal or problems with mobiles. Unfortunately the telephone companies are going to move to digital anyway so eventually will be pointless. Iβm planning to stop using then or hopefully at least for as long as my parents are alive.
We only have ours because it is part of our sky bill and wouldnβt be any less if we removed it. Our number changed recently and I havenβt got a clue what it is and because our BT are so old the battery only lasts a couple of minutes before it gets cut off. Which is great when you donβt want to talk to someone. Just about manages to take messages when we are out.
eyeballkerry lol that's good 
if your not want to speak to scam callers or sales people thanks for your comment
Yes but its one of those digital voice connections so if the mains goes down then the phone doesn't work on mine. My mother has a Vodafone router and I couldn't help noticing her router came with a big lithium ion battery warning on the box so wonder if hers actually stores charge so emergency calls can be made by her digital landline. I have a call package included so have unlimited free calling so use my digital landline a lot but she doesn't so I always call her. My mobile phone contract is 250 minutes a month which I'll admit I don't get close to using all of anyway but even so use the digital landline all the time for outgoing calls. I was recently calling around for her about getting her boiler replaced and looking for quotes. I still like having a digital landline and hate doing stuff on the mobile and actually still having a call active on the mobile so its nice to just use the mobile for finding out stuff while I'm on the digital landline. Now that I've moved to First Direct banking everything is on the mobile.
BonzoBanana that's great you still use it a lot it will save you a fortune rather than a mobile all the time we all have mobile contracts and costs a fortune I dropped mine not long after I got it and cracked the screen but iam stuck with it 
thanks for your comment
I do and still use it. Broadband is linked to the landline and generally I find it handy to have an alternative to mobile 
but I can screen numbers and if unsure, I let it go to voicemail.
I have a home phone, bought twin handsets but they donβt work, ir in wrong socket
We never answered it anyway, as too dodgy these days then 1471.was always handy in cases misplaced my mobile.
Yes some of my relatives won't use mobiles so still have a landline and I get loads of scam calls from my "bank" and Microsoft as well - always makes me laugh!
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