Whats the point of a landline...

[Alison]

Warranty Direct have phoned yet again, for the 20th time :evil: I said to him "Do you ever get tired of people saying P*SS OFF!!" as I was hanging up I heard him say "Not really" Grrrr

Alison

 

[legrandefromage]

Just as an aside - when I drove to Skye in 2007, I was amazed at the full 5 bars of Vodafone that I got no matter what dark road I was on. When working in Aberdeen and all points south/ west to Glasgow and Edinburgh, I was using 3 for email and internet without interruption.

17 miles from Cambridge, my broadband is about 1.67Mbps

My 3 phone has just registered a rather astonishing 4.004Mbps!

 

[Whatleymeister]

I have no phone plugged in as the only reason the line is there is to carry data.

Same here.

 

[The History Man]

Just as an aside - when I drove to Skye in 2007, I was amazed at the full 5 bars of Vodafone that I got no matter what dark road I was on. When working in Aberdeen and all points south/ west to Glasgow and Edinburgh, I was using 3 for email and internet without interruption.

17 miles from Cambridge, my broadband is about 1.67Mbps

My 3 phone has just registered a rather astonishing 4.004Mbps!

Ipad speed test - DL 16.5 Mbps UL 0.85mbps. In rural gloucs. Is that acceptable? I have no clue!

 

[legrandefromage]

mine is shonky

 

[Neil]

Warranty Direct have phoned yet again, for the 20th time :evil: I said to him "Do you ever get tired of people saying P*SS OFF!!" as I was hanging up I heard him say "Not really" Grrrr

Alison

Just something to consider - you don't have to answer it, you know - I say this to my parents all the time. Use caller ID, if it's not a number you recognise, use and answer phone and screen your calls, nobody compels you to pick-up the phone when it rings.

If it's important, they'll leave a message or try again, or try via alternate means (mobile).

I'll never understand why people let cold-calls irritate them - just don't answer them.

 

[xerxes]

Whats the point of a landline...

Free calls!

I have a landline for my broadband and an internet telephone service which includes unlimited free calls to the UK, Europe and several other countries: http://www.vonage.co.uk/call-plans/

 

[legrandefromage]

blank call number 4 and counting.

 

[FMJ]

Ditched my land line when the ex and I parted ways 13 years ago. No one ever called me on it, anyway. All my friends were calling my cell for years before that, anyway, so it was virtually useless.

 

[Jones]

Because you don't own a mobile phone and never have