questions for those with traditional land lines

[davemchine]

My wife also refuses to get rid of landline. I did switch to charter VoIP which saved about ten dollars a month and provided unlimited long distance. I programmed the line to forward my favorite callers automatically to my cell phone to minimize missed calls.

[SKYLANE]

Just out of curiousity. If you let your landline go, how are your 9-1-1 calls handled for emergencies? I know you can place a 9-1-1 call with your cell phone, but how is that tied to your address?

[testcase]

SKYLANE wrote:
Just out of curiousity. If you let your landline go, how are your 9-1-1 calls handled for emergencies? I know you can place a 9-1-1 call with your cell phone, but how is that tied to your address?

It ISN'T.

Many municipalities have "Enhanced" 911. That's supposed to be able to "locate" you but , YMMV. Thinking "Murphy's Law", when you really need 911 to know exactly where you are, with a cellphone, you're "rolling the dice", especially if you're in an apartment building. That's the primary reason why I've kept my POTS landline for so long. Now that I'm an "extended time" RVer, that expense is becoming harder and harder to justify. It really is a shame because, the actual charge for the landline is only about $16. It's the "Taxes, Fees and Surcharges" that damn near double the bill. The first tax on phone service went into effect to help pay for the Spanish-American War more that 100 years ago. I don't believe that tax was ever repealed and, politicians (abetted by dumb voters) have just kept piling on more taxes over the years.