Comments on: ET — You might have to cell phone home

By: Julie Gomoll

Julie Gomoll — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 23:48:58 +0000

I’ve been managing fine with my cell phone only for about a year and a half. At some point (probably after I got an iPhone) I learned that my digital phone line hadn’t been working — for a week. I hadn’t even noticed. So I ditched it.

The only time I really missed my landline recently was when my iPhone died while I was worried about a stalkery nutjob showing up at my home. I definitely felt cut off, although having IM & Twitter helped.

I used to get frustrated without a landline when I’d misplace my cell — I was used to calling myself to find it. Now I use http://phonemyphone.com so it’s no longer an issue.

Now if my phone *and* my computer died, it would be a Bad Thing. Perhaps enough for me to reconsider.

By: Michael

Michael — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 19:45:16 +0000

I would have ditched my land line years ago had it not been tied to my Internet access. After moving to Austin and going a different route for getting online, I am now annoyed with the plethora of unsightly phone outlets scattered around my hip, new digs. “Why would I ever put a phone there?!?”

Having a phone that goes with you is simply a better idea than having one tied to a specific location, and that sealed the land line’s fate. So as far as emerging trends go, I predict that workers with these new technologies in hand, will untether from the office desk and work where they can work smarter. At LaunchPad.

By: Steve Ames

Steve Ames — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 00:53:59 +0000

In my family we ditched the land line two years ago or so. And I’m 43…

Three good things: 1) the culture of the cell phone excuses, without exception, one not answering it.
2) the thing saves phone numbers without fifteen key strokes,
3) It’s WAY cheaper