When we built in 2005 we buried out service lines, including one for landline phone. It's never been hooked up to the house and we don't use it. Why pay for a service and huge taxes on top of it just so telemarketers can assault you and politicians make election year a nightmare?
Our Alltel/Verizon coverage is pretty good. No chance of cable or DSL and I could use an antenna for the wireless modem but there's no way we'll have a landline.