Michael Trew wrote:

> On 4/16/2021 8:21 AM, Gary wrote:
> > Response to the real Bruce.
> >
> > Of course the phone will cost money. duh
> > My goal is to find one to replace the land line and not add a 2nd
> > phone.
> >
> > If I can ditch the land line, that's $45 a month towards a smart
> > phone with enough minutes to carry on normally.
> >
> >
> >
>
> You couldn't convince me enough to drop my land line. It's worth
> every penny of the ~$40 I pay for it monthly. Real land lines work
> when the power goes out. I've lost cell service in outages and still
> have a dial tone. Rotary dial western electric phone on my kitchen
> wall still rings no matter what. The call quality of a cell won't
> match up either.

And it costs a HUGE amount to add a real landline back in. More like
120$ a month here.