said by mlong :

The only reason I had it really was for alarm monitoring. We got a free year when we moved in and there was really nothing compelling about the alarm to keep it. Once it was canceled I did the same to the phone line.

.....I think VOIP offers a substantial improvement to the traditional telephone model but for more people a cell phone is the ultimate in convenience. The writing is on the wall for the land line business. These companies need to diversify into other areas of telecommunications which is why I personally feel you see a lot of companies getting into the TV delivery as well as traditional phone company services like phone and DSL.