For those holding onto a landline

I think we are not the only ones who appreciate the convenience of having phone scattered through our house instead of remembering to carry our cell phone with us all of the time.  Let alone, ones of us with parents that never really got how to use a cell phone compared to your home phones.

Well, there are a couple of devices out there that can connect your home phone network to a cell phone via bluetooth- very much like how your car works.  One is called xlink- which is the one we got- and it works really well.  There's also a cheaper one called cell2jack.  There's a phone network that uses this, too, but that replaces all of your home phones that you already paid for.

Anyway, this saves money by changing your land line to a cell phone- if that's an option for you.

I wish I could have just a landline and no cell phone.  I'm not going to pay what they're demanding, though.

Neat idea, as long as the phone doesn't ring for text messages. I've got an old rotary phone and that bell would get annoying for those people who only communicate via text.

Why do I have a landline?

Because Comcast has a Triple Bundle Package and it will cost me $30/month (or is it $20/month) to get rid of it. 

Do I use it? Occasionally I'll call my wife's cell number from our upstairs bedroom just to annoy her.

I'm going to watch this for interest.  I ditched my landline in 2000 and I don't miss it.