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I've lved in my present location for ten years. During that time, I've experienced a number of power failures ranging from a few minutes to several hours. However, they have been rare for the last several years. My phone and DSL have worked fine during these outages. I had one telephone line failure that lasted for two days as well as a few DSL failures. There was no disruption of electric service.
Telephone lines are all underground in my area; my electric company has converted most of the electric lines to underground as well.
You're very lucky. We don't have lines underground here.
100's of corded phones are available for purchase at:
walmart.com
amazon.com
bestbuy.com
target.com
I said IN my local Walmart. I didn't say anything about buying online. I have no use for a corded or cordless phone since I haven't had a landline in ages.
I'm 74, but I'm not retired. I have three phone lines, a computer with a large screen and large keyboard, a printer, fax, copier, and a credit card terminal. However, you think that I can't have a real business unless I trade it all for a cell phone?
I'm not trying to be the most envied boy in high school. I just wish to make money.
Where did I say you "can't have a real business unless I trade it all for a cell phone"?
Yes I have a landline. It is more reliable than my cell phone in terms of call clarity. Lots of business recognize you by your phone number you called in on, like a credit card.
Where did I say you "can't have a real business unless I trade it all for a cell phone"?
Right here.
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Originally Posted by ss20ts
Some people work from home and need their portable computers. Yup, there are plenty of retired folks who work...some even work full time....how they're retired, I'll never understand.
Got rid of the one in our Arizona winter home. The one in our main residence is now a fax line for my wife's business. All personal calls are now on our smart phones. My wife did get a second land line installed, but it's strictly a business line.
I'm 74, but I'm not retired. I have three phone lines, a computer with a large screen and large keyboard, a printer, fax, copier, and a credit card terminal. However, you think that I can't have a real business unless I trade it all for a cell phone?
I'm not trying to be the most envied boy in high school. I just wish to make money.
I worked remotely for 3 years from my cabin in the woods of Washington, all without a land line. I did conference calls on my cell phone and my VPN back to the main office was over long-range broadband wireless. It worked great.
We dropped our landline when we started snowbirding, it was an expense we didn't need. Making the switch to just cell phones only was easy, but it was a hard decision to make after having the same number for >32 years.
The only issue I have is with internet providers that try to force me into a triple play package when I only want basic channels (for now) and internet. They need to get with the times.
Too late for you, but you can port a home number over to a cell phone number. I did it once when you could first do it. I was the first one for my carrier at the time, so it took them a while to get it all right. But easy enough to do today.
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