Should I or should I not quit the home phone

I have caller id on my home phone and what bothers me is that those on the other hand who do not, and I have to go on the reverse pages to find out who is calling. So I believe if even if it costs a bit more, to always have caller id. I have an iphone so I can plug it in and it is also good for emergencies or when the power is off. The trouble with just having a cellphone is that the long distance and roaming charges are so high here in Canada. Oh I have voice mail on my home phone. Have not checked it yet for a while.

I don't know how much difference there is in plans there, but here we can get long distance without having roaming charges. It's not expensive.

I have an alarm system where the 1-800 number is in the States and I live in Canada. Now in winter, the power often goes out and the alarm system that is on battery and if the battery starts to run down, it beeps and I have to call that number to get it stopped and to recharge the battery. I also want to see a standard fee on my phone and not see the fees go up and down.

I have a cousin in another province and also in-laws in other provinces, plus a brother in another province who does not like computers. I also have an alarm system with a toll=free number in the States. And apparently you get charged roaming fees. I really want to put my home phone back on the free long distance plan, but cannot afford it now. And also I have to replace it as well as the reception is bad especially long distance. I would not mind paying extra on the cell if I get someone who talks a lot, but do not want to pay roaming fees.

I have relatives and in-laws all over Canada and some in Europe and if I had my home phone on the free long distant plan, it would work better for me and use my cell just for local calls. The trouble is that I have to have one phone for the long distant plAN and right now I only have both on basic. It is not about the money, it is about when I make a long distant call I want to know if I have enough minutes left on my home phone basic plan so I will not get a higher fee that I have not budgeted for. And now I got an unexpected expense that had not figured on (nothing to do with the phones, something else.)

I do have a caller id, and an answering machine, but some of those long distance numbers only give the numbers and not the person who calls. I never heard of a tracfone but feel that might be what someone in business needs, but not a homeowner. I get most of my home phones on my home phone, but make most of my calls on my cell phone. And I have relatives and in-laws out of the province. I also am debating on whether since I have a in-laws out of province, what would be cheaper to use the long distance program on my home phone or do everything on my cell. My home phone is bundled with my internet and cable.

Here we call them 'Pay as you go,' and you purchase like you have, so many minutes. With me, I want to pay the same amount each month on my cell phone and on my home phone. In fact, even if I have an extra twenty cents which is what I had before I got the message plan, I got very nervous. I will never answer a private caller and I think that if someone has the number on caller id, they should at least have the name. And do not like wrong numbers either. My cell phone plan is rather reasonable, but then I have an iphone and it is used for other thing.. I have the cheapest talk, message, and data plan on it.

Hi Suspenseful, A tracfone is the last thing that any business would want. It is like a cell phone but you buy minutes for it. I buy 120 mins. for 20.00 and it lasts me for quite a while because I hardly ever use it. I carry it mainly for emergencies. On my land line, I do NOT pick up the phone if I don't recognize the number or if it says 'Private Caller'. I figure if the person wants to talk to me bad enough then they will leave a message and I will either pick it up or call them back when I am able to. Walmart has those go-phones for 40.00 per month with unlimited texting and calling plus internet. Tha might be financially better for you depending on your needs. My home phone is only like 23.00 per month bundled in with my internet and cable. This works for me but it may not for you. I will say that I would not pay for both a home phone and a costly cell phone plan.

With me, I have a cousin who lives in another province and also I have an alarm system where the 1-800 number is based in the United States and I live in Canada. I have no idea whether if I use my cell to contact them in case of an emergency, if I will be charged Roaming fees or not. The thing is the last time, I contacted them on my cell because the digital phone was off as well as all the electricity, I was going to be put on hold so I hung up.

That's the trouble because the reason I downgraded my home phone was to save money over the Christmas holidays and then my friend who has since moved assumed that I was saving the money to donate more to the church. Well our deacons know that I am a pensioner and do not have that much so they never approached me on the subject. So now I am stuck, because it has taken up to this last month to catch up. Now I am not talking about credit card charges but how much money I have to put away for after Christmas payments, and not to mention restocking the pantry, buying new clothes, etc.

I see, I understand quite well how important is to have quick access to those emergency numbers. We also have one of them.

My internet is bundled with it and there are three choices, basic, light long distance and regular long distance. I am considering going back to regular long distance because of all my in-laws and relatives. I do like my cellophones because it is easier when I am out and also if two people call me at the same time.

there's just me, but I have relatives and in-laws all over Canada. So need the landline. Trouble is because of finances I had to give up the free long distance plan as well as the extended tv viewing plan. I am on a tv-internet-phone. And if I go to Vnnux do not know if they will upgrade the phone wiring, like put in new jacks. I know that our phone plan will do that install them for free if I buy the jacks. So am rather stuck at what I am. If everyone lived in Winnipeg, then it would be no problem but they don't.

With that is that I have relatives and in-laws all over Canada. It was all right when I had the long distance plan, but now I do not have the long distance plan so the cell phone and the home phone plan is about the same. Also with the cell phone, I can go on the street and talk or be at a store and call someone. So now I want to go back to the long distance on my home phone, but if I put the same on my cellphone, with the roaming charges, it would cost more.

With me, I have relatives all over Canada and need the home phone for that. Also if I call a toll free number by cell to the States, I will have to pay roaming fees and have no idea whether it is time related. The whole trouble is that I went temporarily on basic home phone to put back the money I spent on other things, and was wondering whether to continue this. It would be different if all my relatives lived here in Winnipeg, but they don't.

I have relatives and in-laws all over Canada, but now temporarily I have just put my home phone on basic which is rather ridiculous because is that is what I have my cellphone on, a basic with limited data. The thing is that I have been getting long distance calls every night and when I go on the net to look at the who called list, they will give you the city and street but not the person, so you have to pay extra to get it. I wonder if that is their purpose. And if I do go back on the long distance program will those long distance telemarketers stop phoning me?

I find that a cell phone alone would be a disadvantage if I have to call someone on a -800 number in the states and be put on hold. My son also has a cell phone for his job and if I use that phone number, I cannot talk for long because it is for his job, so with your son, that cell is mainly for his job so his employer wants to be sure he can get on it and if he cannot, assume that your son is talking to someone related to his occupation. I can afford both, it is just that I wish that people would use caller id. And that roaming fees do not apply to toll free long distance on cell phones.

Trouble is that I have in-laws and relatives all over the place and they all do not like here in Winnipeg. In my cellphone, I have certain rings for those who are related or friends that live out of the city, and rings for the bad guys -telemarketers. I do have caller id so that helps except when I am tired, and reach for the nearest phone. Will have to think about it.

For me, I get a lot of telemarketing calls, and also I have relatives and in-laws who live out of province. I tried to get the Rogers 1 number on my computer but apparently it does not work on Macs. I was thinking of switching to Vonex for my home phone, but do not know if that would if there are repairs. I know with my home phone even with the basic, repairs are free and I think that includes getting wiring done. Also my friends seem to contact me with the home phone even though they know my cell phone and I need the later when I go out of the house. So it seems to be either I am screwed it I give up the cell or give up the home. I was thinking of putting the home phone back on the free long distant plan, but right now cannot do that.

I think that is a good idea even though I am not a list maker. The thing is that when I got my cell phone it was first for emergencies and when the landline does not work, which happens here when the power goes out since my homephone is digital, and also if I am out somewhere. And the homephone well we had a good plan included with internet and tv where the long distant calls were free. Then because of Christmas I decided to downgrade the homephone temporarily. Then one of my friends suggested I put some money for the school since our church has a private school. She does not have that good timing as to suggestions. If it would have been when I first joined the church, it would have been all right, but to do it when I already had the after holidays on my mind, did not like it. Now had I kept the home phone for long distance and not duplicate services, then I would not have had this discussion, because with cell phones, you have to pay for the minutes, and there are roaming fees even for the toll-free since I iive in Canada. I also have in-laws and relatives all over Canada. So therein is the problem, if I quit the home phone, I lose out and if I keep it I lose out. So it seems I need both.

Thanks for the information. There is this one who keeps calling me every night and whoever it is is not related to me. And I do not know who that is because whoever it is did not give his name or the company he works for, just the number and apparently he is doing it to other people. (Yes, maybe he works for the phone company and is calling from his home so they get long distance charges -that is how my mind works.) I do have voice mail but now I have the cheap one. I am also worried because I heard of those who had just the cell phone and someone calls or they answer the phone, they get dinged.

My home phone is bundled with my internet and the reason I downgraded it to just basic was because of Christmas and a friend of mine who thought I was made of money "Why don't you?" But I also have a cousin who lives in the next province and also those toll free calls down to the states, I do not know if I would be charged roaming fees for that. It is very complicated to ask my provider. If I could go back to the free long distance calls, it would be easier but it would cost a bit more. And also the reception is not as good on my home phone as it would be on my cell. Yet it would cost a bit more in the long run depending on whether the one on the other end, like a telemarketer, is also a motor mouth.