I cut my home land line and saved the $20+ monthly charge because I never used it. DH & I both have cells. Mine never leaves my side. Every one who calls us, calls our cells directly.
We cut the land line about 3 years ago - it took us about 5 years to finally get around to doing it. Cell phones got absolutely no reception during black outs and brown outs and NYC got both in the last few years.
Also, we couldn't forget 9/11. There was no way to contact anyone on the cell phones during that time.
I also didn't want to give up my home number - that is the one that all the doctors and the kids' school and teachers had.
But my parents live in the same building and my office is also in the building where I live and there are land lines there. Worst case scenario for ME is I walk over to use the land phones there.
I had the cell company transfer my home number to my cell phone to keep it.
It's been over 3 years and I can't tell the difference but that is because I never used my land line for years before to begin with. I just had it in case of emergencies.
Every situation is different. I know some people who can't get reception for their cells at home.
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