Home Phone – who needs one anymore, how many phone numbers do I need, nobody calls me at home anymore.
With everyone having at least one cell phone, many households have made the decision to drop the landline, that old fashioned phone that plugs into the phone jack on the wall. Plain Old Telephone Service, or sometimes referred to as POTS, can be expensive, when you get the package plan with unlimited long-distance calling, caller id, call waiting, and voice mail you could be paying another $50 a month just for your home phone.
There are 2 HUGE advantages to having a land-line:
- POWERLESS: The reliability of a fully corded phone without any power or battery can not be beat. If your household has elderly people, or small children, you want them to have easy access to a 911 call. Cordless phones and cell phones seem to disappear, and when busy households leave them off the charger you will not be able to make a phone call. If you are in the midst of a power failure, or the house is on fire, you can’t count on power being available for that phone call. We recommend one good old fashioned phone somewhere in the house for those emergency calls.
- QUALITY SIGNAL: Often there is a very important phone call you need to make, a job interview, a doctor’s advice, emergency instructions, when YOU CAN’T be bothered with the anoying clipping of a low signal or low battery. You want the clearest, most reliable signal you can get, cellular phones need constant updates, and charges every day, and if those updates, or charges are in process at the time you need the phone most, it won’t be there for your use, it’s Murphy’s Law.
We recommend having one good old fashioned LAND LINE at your home for those emergencies, without all those features you can typically get a LAND LINE for less than $10/month. Just plan to use your cell phone or VOIP phone for all your regular calls, and leave that land-line around for emergencies, and you could even keep it as an extra line for receiving faxes.