 LadyLPremium
join:2002-09-18
Lorain, OH
 ·RoadRunner Cable
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Re: why not have both, I have both a landline and a cellphone and will keep it that way.
Recently had a power outage in our area - no electricity. The landline is on a Uniden handset-type, which, of course, is plugged into an outlet.
I used my cellphone to notify Ohio Edison of the outage. Glad I did, because the Rep told me that I was the first residential customer to call-in the outage. 
I don't use my landline very often and the cellphone is just for emergencies, etc. It is NOT attached to my ear as an appendage of my body.
Having both services cost me approximately $59/month - well worth the price.
BTW, if I'm lucky, the cellphone averages maybe 5 minutes/month...out of 200 minutes on the plan. 
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Lonnie |
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 GuspazGuspazPremium,MVM
join:2001-11-05
Montreal, QC
kudos:16 | If you only use 5 minutes per month, why are you paying for 200 instead of just getting some sort of pay-as-you-go or prepaid solution where you could be paying $10/mth or less? |
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| reply to LadyL
i use an old UPS to power my cordless phones base unit in the case of a power outage, longest outage so far has been 4 hours, and it was still working when the power came back up.. might consider getting a used one 
and some of the newer cordless phones have built in battery backups, ofcourse the battery is usually extra |
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| reply to Guspaz
In most cases prepaid services don't have access to the same roaming areas that post paid users enjoy. If you travel at all that might well make it worth keeping a higher priced plan rather than going prepaid. |
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