The death of the home phone

thats the very reason why i dropped my service. Constantly being ripped off by VERIZON, unexplainable phone charges, fluctuating phone bill (same plan, different charges each month), poor reception, the worst cutomer service, the worst in repsonse to repairs and the absolute WORST dsl service ever. The dsl service was constantly interrupted...when calling customer service (which happen to be in india???), you couldn't even understand the person you were trying to explain your issue too. In response to your problems, you could literally hear them reading answers from a written manual !!!

I WOULD RECOMMEND ANYONE WITH A CELL PHONE, TO MAKE IT YOUR HOME PHONE..THEN MAYBE THESE BIG NAME LANDLINE COMPANIES WOULD GET THE POINT !!!

Yep, Life changes.
Why spend the money on a house phone when you are hardly ever there to begin with?

Well, you have made some good points. However not everyone lives where there is a signal all of the time. I do have a cell phone and a land line. Why? Because I live in a rural area which is also very hilly. Unfortunately cell signals are pretty much line of sight so if you can't see an antenna the you don't have service. That means at home I don't have cell service and need a land line for emergencies.

Second I think we are bombarded enough with man made radio energy at this point, we are simply cooking ourselves at their convience.

Only thing ,if you buy stuff over your phone ,remember it's a radio a scanner can pick up your credit card info as you send it out on your wireless!

I LIVE IN AN APARTMENT COMPLEX IN SHREVEPORT LOUISIANA AND MY GATE ACCESS FOR VISITORS RING TO MY CELLPHONE BECAUSE I DO NOT HAVE A LAND LINE PHONE.

I use my home phone still. Cell phones are a last resort for me - the radiation from cellular/wireless waves causes stress to the body and I have the anxiety to prove it. (For example, everytime I walk into a business that uses wireless internet, I get mad headaches.) We're all FRYING ourselves for the sake of convenience.

I don't see how the home phone can become COMPLETELY obsolete since people are slowly becoming more wise to this fact. Cable companies that offer 3-in-1 packages (cable, internet, phone) surely won't be doing away with home phone services.

in that case...please tell us how your sitting in front of a computer, blogging ?????????

I agree, Liz.... Cell phones constantly drop calls for no apparent reason (what if I were calling 911???) Everyone should have a land line in the event that your power goes out and you can't charge your cell phone or your cable goes out... at least a land line still has a connection or at the very least serves as a backup.
Besides, these cell companies charge against your "prime time" calling and cost an arm and a leg. They won't help you with faulty equipment because of the "contract" that binds you. Meanwhile, you're bound to the service contract, but they aren't held to theirs if the service is lousy. Go figure.
Corporate America. Hard at work to again SCREW the American taxpayers.....

MEEE TOOOO, LIZ!!!

get a phone jammer. My friend has one and they stops all that babbling from inconsiderat morons.