ReconRat Posted September 1, 2011 Report Share Posted September 1, 2011 Yup, old fashioned land line phone stopped working. No dial tone, no calling out, and calling in only got a busy signal. No guarantee the repair guys could fix it without having to charge a minimum $110 if it was inside the house.So it was time to say bye bye land line, was nice knowing you.Stupid phone didn't get hardly anything except scams and sales calls, trying to talk me out of money endlessly. I was so tired of picking up the phone and jumping in people's shit for messing with me. It's over, they can go pester someone else now, not me.Worse, I had gone to SBC since that was like... 5 bucks instead of the 40 bucks that AT&T charged for the same service. And then AT&T bought SBC, switched me back, and charged me the 40 bucks again. Same service...And then started charging me 5 bucks because I wasn't making any long distance calls for them to charge me. They suck. I'm glad they're gone. One less bill to pay.Even better, I now have Google Voice, to forward the calls to mobile. So I won't have to give out the mobile number. And it filters the spam. And takes messages, both voice and text. And now I can call from any device anywhere, computer, phone, whatever. And all sorts of neat stuff. What took me so long... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Butters Posted September 1, 2011 Report Share Posted September 1, 2011 we ditched ours in like 2003 loli still give out my old house number whenever i have to sign up for shit or order stuff - so nobody will call and bug me...feel bad for whoever has that number now lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReconRat Posted September 1, 2011 Author Report Share Posted September 1, 2011 I'm phone impaired... for all my tech geekness, I fail to understand phones...edit: but I make up for it by having lasers all over the place, heh.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blake1221 Posted September 1, 2011 Report Share Posted September 1, 2011 lol bout time you cut the cord!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chevysoldier Posted September 1, 2011 Report Share Posted September 1, 2011 What's a land line? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReconRat Posted September 1, 2011 Author Report Share Posted September 1, 2011 What's a land line? That thing ADT likes to use for security alarms. Which oddly enough, is what land lines were used for in the first place, not for phones. Nobody cared about phones back when they had both telegraphs and a decent postal service and nobody was in a hurry. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chevysoldier Posted September 2, 2011 Report Share Posted September 2, 2011 I make a joke and get a history lesson. Good deal Tom. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Butters Posted September 2, 2011 Report Share Posted September 2, 2011 I make a joke and get a history lesson. thats how tom rolls. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chevysoldier Posted September 2, 2011 Report Share Posted September 2, 2011 Yup, a wealth of knowledge he is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
max power Posted September 2, 2011 Report Share Posted September 2, 2011 lasers are COOL.Im about to get rid of mine. Same deal. Only my grandparents call it anymore....and bill collectors looking for my brother in law. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kawi kid Posted September 2, 2011 Report Share Posted September 2, 2011 Good OLD Tom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Casper Posted September 2, 2011 Report Share Posted September 2, 2011 We sort of have a land line, but it's VoIP. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meanie Posted September 2, 2011 Report Share Posted September 2, 2011 We sort of have a land line, but it's VoIP.Same but I am debating on dropping it, we never use it and the only calls we get a telemarketers and other crap. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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