Living without a landline - Can you/Do you do it?

Although we both have Mobile all inclusive contracts with our mobile phones, I still like the covenience of having a proper landline phone on the office desk and a couple of wireless  phones in the rest of the house. . The landline package also includes Internet and a few bells and whistles. 

So in answer to the OP's question. I could live without it -- but prefer the convenience of having the landline.

K

What triggered my thoughts, apart from the opportunity of saving money (always a big incentive), was that recently I have gone over to Three.  They are now doing PAYG and contract packages that include being able to tether your phone to a tablet or PC without restriction in the UK.  This morning I gave it a try and was surprised to find that it was a faster connection than my normal broadband, in fact I’m using now.  For not a lot of money I am getting “all you can eat” data and text plus 200 mins a month.  I only send about five texts a year so that’s wasted as are most of the monthly phone minutes.  The data however will be used mainly when we are travelling, and travelling abroad using their “feel at home” service.  Now I’m keen to use the package at home and dump the landline.  

this is the same process i use when away in the van, i have 4gb with my vodafone mobile deal and am now using this for this post...home wifi turned off on the ipad and instead tethered to the iphone...

seems to work fine...

so....do i need a landline....not to do this or make phone calls, no.

however, we have a sky service with loads of interactive facilities....streaming movies etc, we also have netflix which uses the same router.

could they be thethered to this iphone? how much data would i need? would a data only sim/mifi be any better?

i reckon its doable but data (tethering) and costs need to looked at closely...

thing is, if the reception signal weakons or fails, you will have lost access to all your services....

an interesting conundrum and i will give this more thought, too..

When I was working, I had my landline rental and a percentage of calls paid for, it was a necessity of my post. When I was given a work mobile, this ended, so we gave up our landline and stuck to mobiles. That was back in late 1990's. We opted to install VM cable services for our BB, TV and the phone came free as part of package. We rarely use it, odd call at weekends when calls are free. Last month we gave up the TV package, and asked if we could save on monthly payments if we also gave up landline. Strangely, for some reason, it is cheaper to keep it! 

But I would say yes, if it saves money, then do without!

We need our landline for our broadband which, in spite of living out in the wilds of Northumberland is super-fast fibre optic - 38Mbps download 9Mbps upload.

Living out here we don't get anywhere near that from the couple of mobile providers who actually offer any sort of coverage - one of which is only 2G when the wind is in the right direction!

Cheers

Bugs

I can't live without my landline. Speeds of up to 38mbps.gives me good connections - love it, can watch streaming video, NFL, MBL, motor racing, sports games etc. When, however, I caravan my phone is tethered to my laptop and speeds - whilst not great - are better than what the club offers.

What triggered my thoughts, apart from the opportunity of saving money (always a big incentive), was that recently I have gone over to Three.  They are now doing PAYG and contract packages that include being able to tether your phone to a tablet or PC without restriction in the UK.  This morning I gave it a try and was surprised to find that it was a faster connection than my normal broadband, in fact I’m using now.  For not a lot of money I am getting “all you can eat” data and text plus 200 mins a month.  I only send about five texts a year so that’s wasted as are most of the monthly phone minutes.  The data however will be used mainly when we are travelling, and travelling abroad using their “feel at home” service.  Now I’m keen to use the package at home and dump the landline.  

Be careful there, DD.

I also have a Three contract that gives 'all you can eat data' and 200 minutes of talk. But the 'personal hotspot' facility that enables you to tether tablets etc is limited to 4Gb each month. You can quickly go through that if you stream a lot of stuff.

Interesting thread this.

I wondered about getting some sort of 'mi-fi' package for home and just use our mobiles for calls. We get wn excellnt Three signal at home.

But could a PC use a mi-fi?

And what sort of packages are available i.e. how much internet access for how much? I'd need to be able to use the PC and a couple of tablets and connect YouView TV and sometimes NOW TV.  

I'll have to do some research on this.

Interesting thread this.

I wondered about getting some sort of 'mi-fi' package for home and just use our mobiles for calls. We get wn excellnt Three signal at home.

But could a PC use a mi-fi?

And what sort of packages are available i.e. how much internet access for how much? I'd need to be able to use the PC and a couple of tablets and connect YouView TV and sometimes NOW TV.  

I'll have to do some research on this.

We don't have aland line and haven't had one for 15yrs. We just used to use our mobiles but now have a MiFi on a 2 yr contract which gives 15Gb per month for about £20 pm and I am on my laptop at the moment. We can run our i-pad at the same time too.