When power is out in our area friends come to use my land line. Try to keep yours.
Call AT&T and tell them you are thinking of cancelling as the price is too high. They want to keep their long time customers. I negotiated for $20. a month high speed DSL and a $40. a month land line with unlimited local and long distance service. And I use a lot of long distance. DON’T let them switch you to VOIP by packaging the services. Also be sure to tell them that your budget has been busted by Obamacare’s increased rates on your healthcare.
I have had zero problems with solicitation calls, but then I never signed up for Do Not Call. I knew that would be compromised from the get go and used as a call list.
You’re lucky. Whenever we had storms or heavy rain the land line went out- for days. The phone company replaced the line over the years but it still went out in bad weather. I always worried that if the phone was really ever needed in an emergency it wouldn’t work. That made the decision easier a few years back to dump it.
BTW- it was At&T