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Sherbet is NOT and NEVER WILL BE ice cream.
I love when dialing your internet provider about an outage where they tell you while on hold you can get faster service by visiting their website.
My land line is though my internet provider (cable company so no cord cutting) but as an add on. I can't remove it without increasing my bill. I never use it.Not a typical cord cutting story, but my parents still have a landline phone, mostly for the fax machine. It went dead a couple weeks ago and when they called to see about having someone repair it, they were told it’s no longer an option around here. Whatever lines are buried down there for landline, it’s not feasible to fix given the lack of interest. If you have one and it works, can keep using it, but that’s about it.
I need a landline. I have little to no cell service. Someone I work with, who lives in the same town as me - I'm told he disconnected his landline, then his son had a medical emergency, and he couldn't keep a call going with 911, kept getting disconnected, and his son died.my parents still have a landline phone
Next target: cable companies! Please! Including reducing your service.I tried to change my Comcast internet to a lesser cost and they put me through similar. I went online it said call. I called she said I had to go online. I was having her guide me through their website to get to the spot where I could have a lesser plan but we were on the phone so long I had to leave my house, so I never got there.
Not since phones started having a Wi-Fi calling setting. I think texting was going through the cell carrier, but that's through Wi-Fi now too, I believe.Even if your phone is connected to WiFi for data, the cellular functions still go through your carrier do they not?
My last provider never offered that. I think my new one does but I never turn it on. Carrier is usually more reliable than wifi and I have unlimited minutes.Not since phones started having a Wi-Fi calling setting. I think texting was going through the cell carrier, but that's through Wi-Fi now too, I believe.
Here in 'Murica, the phones have been offering Wi-Fi calling for probably 15 years. I first used it on vacation in the Caribbean.My last provider never offered that. I think my new one does but I never turn it on. Carrier is usually more reliable than wifi and I have unlimited minutes.
Yes, I've seen that having wifi on can reduce the cell signal. But that only matters if you have a usable cell signal.Yes my phone line is a "POTS" line (plain old telephone service). Like the kind they installed when they built the house in the 70s.
Not sure on wifi calling except I find if I uncheck it, my regular cell tower calls are more reliable. If I call a number and see "Wifi Calling" on the screen, there's a 50/50 chance it won't go through even if I'm standing in the center of 8 towers in an octagon and can feel my brain sizzling from the signal
I have a network extender from Verizon, which uses my internet connection and satellite. As long as I have internet and power, I can make cell calls and text without issue. But if one of those two goes, I have to leave my cell phone in a certain corner of the dining room so it works about 60% reliably.
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Here, the companies offer the same things .... usually for a price or add on or incentive.Here in 'Murica, the phones have been offering Wi-Fi calling for probably 15 years. I first used it on vacation in the Caribbean.
But to reiterate, I have no cell reception in my house, so Wi-Fi calling is not like an option to consider; it's the only way to use my cell phone. I also have unlimited minutes and unlimited data.
I keep thinking about getting rid of ours, but never quite get there.Haven’t had a landline in probably 15 years