Do you still receive landline calls?
By eileenleyva
@eileenleyva (27560)
Philippines
August 20, 2009 12:06am CST
It's the cellphone age! It's also the laptop age. Communication had been made easy because these portable gadgets can be brought to wherever one goes. Even a friend in another country is just a text away. Chatting is even convenient if your are sipping latte at a coffee shop. Just a few moments ago though, I received a surprise long distance call from my best friend an ocean away. She took time to dial my number to greet me Happy Birthday. And of course we had a warm conversation about mushy things, quite trivial to others I am sure. I did receive many natal greetings on my cell and even on the net. It was actually heartwarming to hear a friend's voice. Makes existence more human.
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9 responses
@cream97 (29087)
• United States
15 Dec 09
Hi, elieenleyva. Yes, I do receive landline calls through Time Warner Cable. I have a digital phone. I am able to access the Internet via Roadrunner. I am happy that you received a call for your Birthday. That was very surprising and exciting news!
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@eileenleyva (27560)
• Philippines
28 Dec 09
Why thank you, cream 97, you are very kind. I do hope you are enjoying the holidays.
@naojquimps (53)
• Philippines
2 Dec 09
Techonology is rising fast nowadays, still my landline phone is useful in relating to my work and business. Though you are right about portable gadgets like the mobile phones which are very multi-functional things in this world today, my landline phone is the most convenient one. It is much cheaper and practical, that it does not need to cost you much in communicating. Mobile phones on the other hand are expensive, because in every call you make and in every minute you use, you will be charged. Even if you can make short messages or what we call text messaging, the negative part is that you will be charged per text/message and your communication is not directly comprehended.
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@eileenleyva (27560)
• Philippines
28 Dec 09
You are very right. That is why my landline is precious, ha ha.
@animegirl334 (3263)
• United States
20 Aug 09
I get tons of landline calls. It's mostly from family since friends would usually call my cellphone or use the internet but I'm always using the landphone. Partly because of my grandfather who lives downstairs and calls whenever he needs me or just wants to talk. My aunt also calls a lot since she lives in another country. Being on the internet is fun but nothing like hearing the voice of a loved one
@thedaddym (1731)
• United States
20 Sep 09
Yes, we still have our land line mostly because all of our friends and family know the number by heart and it would be a hassle to have them call our cell phone after all these years. Plus we have a teenage daughter, ther cell phone bills would kill us with her. She can talk to her local friends as much as she wants on our land line and it won't cost extra or use up too many minutes.
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@eileenleyva (27560)
• Philippines
22 Sep 09
That is precisely what I had been telling my girls. The landline is cheaper and they could exchange lots of ideas verbally instead of corresponding through text messages. But the cellphone prevails. 
Seems the little gadget is the fashion of the times. Sigh!
Seems the little gadget is the fashion of the times. Sigh!
@0livejuice (48)
• United States
21 Aug 09
I have a landline at my house; just for when relatives call from overseas though. And bill collectors/businesses (I hate giving out my personal cell number)
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@eileenleyva (27560)
• Philippines
21 Aug 09
Yes, I give my landline number, too. Like you, the phone is for loved ones in a far away country.
@veronizm (907)
• Philippines
30 Oct 09
Hi eileen! Wow, my landline phone is just gathering up dust on its desk! LOL! We only had it installed because of our internet. It's such a surprise when it rings and when it does, the call usually comes from a telemarketing agent. Hehehe! But I must say that it's not totally useless even if it's not used for the internet. I find it convenient to use when, for example, calling the credit card's customer hotline or say, making restaurants reservations, or simply just calling some friends' office number when I find it easier to call them than to text them :)
@eileenleyva (27560)
• Philippines
30 Oct 09
Ha ha. Call center agents also alarm my quiet household. 
I keep the telephone for internet services, too. I recently discovered though that we could access to one because of my rich neighbor. Ha ha. 
I keep the telephone for internet services, too. I recently discovered though that we could access to one because of my rich neighbor. Ha ha. 
@jpso138 (7851)
• Philippines
1 Dec 09
Yes, I do. I am actually using a landline plus phone. This phone is like a landline only that it is wireless. So when people want to call me, they can use their landline without paying for any long distance charges as they call me. Whenever I call any landline, then its free for as long as its in the same area code. Moreover, I can receive call from any mobile phone as well as text messages.
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@bhargavoza (656)
• India
20 Aug 09
Yeh, we still receive landline calls although we have three mobiles as my in laws stays at home and our relatives call on landline number. my in laws feel very convenient on landline only and not on cell phone. They can,t hear anything on cell phone and don,t knowe how to operate so landline is good for them.
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@eileenleyva (27560)
• Philippines
21 Aug 09
Why, bhargavoza, that is also my problem. I couldn't hear anything on cellphone. I always end up shouting and before I know it, everybody's looking at me as if I am the most unlikely creature on earth.
Operating is another matter. I'm counting what - say seven years - and I still have to relearn each time how to put my gadget on a silent mode. Pathetic!
Operating is another matter. I'm counting what - say seven years - and I still have to relearn each time how to put my gadget on a silent mode. Pathetic!