re: Who still has a house phone?

I do.

Mrs. Esquandolas has an office in the house and uses it frequently for conference calls.

She has AT&T cellular service and it totally drops out frequently depending on what room she walks through in the house—it’s a corporate account, so she can’t change it. Her company does pick up the expense of the land line, however it is a minimal expense—like $10 or so bundled into my Cox cable, internet, phone trio. I would still have it even if it were not expensed—as a back up.

FWIW, my mobile device, iPhone X, is with Verizon, and it has almost flawless coverage throughout the house.

I will use the land line when my dad (77) calls and needs some help with things on his iPhone...I use the speaker on the land line phone while I have my iPhone in hand walking him through the menus on his iPhone (and he is on a land line doing the same).

In fact, I used it yesterday when I misplaced my mobile phone, and after searching the house for 20 minutes, decided to use the land line to call it. Mrs. Esquandolas was not home, so I couldn’t use her phone to call mine. I called it, it rang, and I found it right away.

So, for me, just those things are worth the $10 per month.



And as a bonus....

My black lab has a thing for the ringer on the land line—she hates it. When it rings, she starts howling loudly for the entire duration of the ring. It’s a neat party trick—we call the land line and she howls on cue!