No home phone - who has done it?

steve700

Reading all of these threads, many people say that phone bills are too high.

I appreciate that this generally relates to Mobile Phones but my mobile is a work phone and as long as I pay for 'personal' calls and texts, that's ok.


My point is that I RARELY use my house phone and pay about £20 a month for that - mainly line rental.

Have many of you cancelled your home phone line and, if so, does it cause problems in other areas of your life?
i.e getting insurance without a land line, etc

Thanks

Steve

Broken_hearted

I can't cancel the home phone as BT will cut the internet connection as well.

climbgirl

Me! I had no trouble getting insurance policies or anything like that, they just use my mobile and other utilties still prove residence etc. I wasn't using it and I have a cheap mobile package with loads of minutes so it's worked out a lot cheaper in the long run.

The only downside is long-distance calls, they're a nightmare if you're using a mobile. And it might impact on your broadband too, do they need an active phone line coming into the house? We don't have internet at home so ti's not an issue...

steve700

climbgirl wrote:

Me! I had no trouble getting insurance policies or anything like that, they just use my mobile and other utilties still prove residence etc. I wasn't using it and I have a cheap mobile package with loads of minutes so it's worked out a lot cheaper in the long run.

The only downside is long-distance calls, they're a nightmare if you're using a mobile. And it might impact on your broadband too, do they need an active phone line coming into the house? We don't have internet at home so ti's not an issue...

I'm fortunate that due to 'being on call', my employer pays for my broadband as well (on a different line to my phone)

Thanks

Imelda

Hi Steve,

I have never had a home phone line in my flat, I always use my mobile (most I have spent per month is £20 and that was for international calls and texts). I am fortunate that I am allowed to make personal calls from work (and use the internet!).
I don't have internet at home.

People do think I am odd though! I think it's just because it is seen as the norm nowadays, same as people not having a tv I suppose.

Mrs(no)money

Am i odd because idont have a mobile?

I do have a landline tho!

tinkerbell1978

i did it for a while until one day i thought i would just pop to the doctors surgery my son was young and not very well new mother etc etc and book an appointment walked in she said you need to ring and book first so i said well i dont have a phone got a strange look and told me to go and use the phone box i informed her i had tried to ring a family member from it the day before and the phone box was too full and not excepting money she then asked well dont you have a mobile phone? i said no as i didnt at the time she said that she couldnt help and here is a leaflet of the new rules! charming! so in a stressed out state i went to the pharmacy and she was soo nice and helpful i cried and she phoned the surgery for me from there! outrageous! so due to this i have got my phone line up and running again

dawn2dusk

Hello Steve, If it was'nt for the internet i would get rid of my landline like a shot. I am a low phone user. I don,t even use my mobile that much only to text. I think BT would have lost a lot of customers if it was not for the internet explosion.:

yung

I got a bt land line but I rarely use it to make call as I use VOIP but I still have to pay the line rental of £9 a month. for my internet.

irishmanc

Hiya,
I haven't had a phone line in over a year and I haven't had any problems with insurance or anything else. I cancelled mine becuase a) I always used my mobile and b) my dad would ring it to see if I was really at home or just saying I was at home. Now he just has to take my word for it...sucker!

Broken_hearted

dawn2dusk wrote:

Hello Steve, If it was'nt for the internet i would get rid of my landline like a shot. I am a low phone user. I don,t even use my mobile that much only to text. I think BT would have lost a lot of customers if it was not for the internet explosion.:

If I could get a line from someone else I would ditch BT in a heartbeat.