Part of the reason for landlines being dropped is the sleazy telephone companies and fraudulent billing tactics. Look at the bill and the 75% taxation.
Personally I don’t want 911 to know where I am.
How, exactly, does taxation make the telephone company sleazy?
I’m old and live rural and alone, so the 911 feature is attractive to me as well as the ability to communicate during power emergencies. The land line is my main reach #. My cell is a Tracfone that stays in my vehicle for emergencies. I’ve got several hundred minutes that roll over thanks to deals for the cell for $7/mo and $54/mo for my landline..... I can live with that.
We had a landline. Price kept going up to almost $60 per month. They even wanted to charge us $5 per month for NOT having long distance on our phone. We used our cells for that. We kept the number because that’s the number some of hubby’s old coworkers have but switched to Magic Jack. $35 per year. It’s in our office and we never answer it. They can leave a message.