land line

All we get on landline are sales calls- I'd get rid of it but DH wants it to stay- don't know why- he never uses it!

Even if you don't have use a landline phone so to speak, you still need one for internet access. It's more expensive than the internet!

Short answer- yes as we have no mobile signal

Yes, the same here. Curly tops.

With virgin also and don't need the landline as get plenty of free minutes on mobile.

But would changing providers be any cheaper.
They all seem to want to tie you in with the blessed landline phone.
I really don't need it.

I saw the Vodafone ad about no line rental charges and looked it up. You still need a landline to get their broadband, the price is just not included separately on the bill

I have pay as you go & get unlimited free texts, 2 & a half hours free calls & x amounts of data for £10 a month.

I use my mobile in the day and landline after 7pm but I do get a lot of nuisance calls on the landline and often threaten to remove the phone and leave only broadband.

We were with BT for broadband and phone until April this year when we changed to another broadband supplier with no need for a landline. You do obviously need a good mobile signal. I pay £13 a month for 1000 minutes on my mobile and haven't missed the landline at all (or the hefty BT bill). People with WhatsApp can phone us free, and others use text or email if they prefer not to pay for mobile calls. And so far, no junk phone calls! (we were getting about 10 a day on the landline).

NanaMcGeek I have the BT Smarttalk app so I can use wifi to make calls on my BT mobile - no bleeping signal here at all. But if I'm calling a mobile number, it costs the same as my landline call charge to a mobile, rather than using my free minutes. So now I use an audio FaceTime call if it's someone who has an iPhone or iPad (I think you can do the same its WhatsApp, as well as Facebook as mentioned earlier)

Curlytops I too am with Virgin media. It is going up again in December. I do not use a mobile much. My contract is for free evening and weekend calls for up to an hour so, as I am on my own. I can ring friends and chat without worrying but it is costing £57 a month from December. I reduced the TV package when they put it up last time.

I have Bt landline and for Internet. We have a quite good deal with them. Television has got sky but we only have the basic sky not a lot of sport or films etc.

i'm with sky for landline, broadband [fibre] and television. i transferred from bt about a year ago and would never go back. i would certainly never go with virgin [too many problems] or any other provider either.
in the event of a power cut i am not able to use my landline as i've got one of those 3-handset ones which plug into the wall. somewhere i've got a "normal" phone which i'd have to plug into the phone socket.

All landline providers have to use Open Reach (BT owned) although they charge different rental prices. At the moment it's not possible to easily have BB without landline. I am in an area where mobile signal is poor, in any case my elderly Mum doesn't have a mobile (she won't have one) so need a landline for her to contact myself & my DD. I have excellent deal through Sky as I needed a dish for TV (poor reception) so I swapped from BT to Sky for landline & BB as well - they tend to offer deals when you are nearing end of contract.

I do find using landline easier than mobile for calls as I have nerve problems in my hands

We've recently moved house and after years of problems with BT we've gone with Vodafone. Their customer service leaves BT miles behind. No connection charge & there's no line rental charge if you have their fibre broadband option. Can't fault Vodafone at the moment

Landline and broadband with TalkTalk, no mobiles in this household.

I am with BT. For phone and broadband. Because I make few calls I have BT Basic. My Care Line is connected to the telephone. I have an ancient mobile pay as you go phone which I take with me when I go out in case my scooter should break down or I feel unwell

We're with SKY for our TV, Broadband and Landline. They may not be the cheapest, but the service is good. The package we're on gives us 'free' calls at all times to 01, 02, 03 numbers, which we use frequently.
We've been with SKY since the very beginning, through all the incarnations, BskyB etc, so when they put prices up, I contact them and point out in no uncertain terms that if I don't get generous discounts for being one of their longest standing customers, I shall take my business elsewhere. They don't want to lose customers, so I always get a very good discount!

I've used Whatsapp on my mobile and Facetime on the Apple iPad when I've been without a mobile signal. The interesting thing about WiFi calling is that anyone (who has your mobile number) can call your mobile phone number without needing to to go through an app, they just dial your number as usual. I have no idea how the calls are charged though but in areas where there is no mobile signal but you have WiFi, you can make and receive calls as if you are using a mobile phone network.

Some posters have mentioned power cuts. In the event of a power cut, an old fashioned, corded handset that is plugged directly into the phone socket will continue to work as the local exchange provides power to the phone through the landline (it always has done) because the exchange uses power backups. This doesn't usually happen with cordless phones. Mobile phones should still work but only if there is a strong enough signal in the first place. Something to consider if you are worried about emergencies.