I thought I would miss our home phone but then I just turned them off and didn’t miss them a bit. I finally had our home number ported (forwarded) over to my cell phone number for a year or so for 10.00 a month. I gathered up all the phones and threw them up in the attic. I sure don’t miss the bells ringing all over the house or having to run for a phone call. I and my wife just carry our cells in our pockets. If you have poor service I would just try a different cell phone or provider.
I wouldn’t miss the home phone at all, it’s a necessary evil. One must have a phone, but the fact is the wife and I are involved in roughly one phone call a week, there isn’t a cell plan out there that makes that cost effective. I don’t want a phone in my pocket, one of the things I like about landlines is that they don’t follow me, leave home and the phone ceases to exist. I don’t have a cell service, and God willing I never will.