In today's society, to not have a cell phone would almost place you in a category
of being archaic. If you weren't able to play games, text people, check your
Facebook status, what would you do on the elevator or walking from place to
place? In all the time you spend on your
mobile entertainment system, did you ever stop and think how the home
feels? Did you consider the total
effects of not having a landline in your house?
The first thing to consider is the fact that your life, even as busy as it
may be, is not 24 hours a day away from your home. At some point you do have to
go home, especially if you have a family with kids. We all have experienced some of the pitfalls
of cell phones at home; starting with the dreaded "low bar" areas
within your house or backyard. How many
times have you had dropped calls in the most comfortable area of your house? Never
mind the fact that your carrier promised that this phone has strong reception
and that their coverage blankets the city you’re in. No matter what, there is
always some blank spots or spots in your house that seem to not have the best
reception.
Do you really want to deal with a choppy scratchy call when you are talking
to loved ones or about your personal business? How many times have you walked
away from your phone accidentally leaving it on silent to come back to a missed
call?
At the end of the day, no wireless network is flawless. So if your
household has no landline phone in it and there is an emergency at school with
the kids, do you want to risk not being able to be contacted because the cell
phone isn’t working?
In addition, what about the others in the house? Do you really want to have
to pay for multiple cell phones? Besides you know how your kids are going to
use them more than their school books, which means over charges, unless you are
going to pay for unlimited.
The VOIP system isn't that much more comfort. VOIP is subject to power
outages, viruses (since it is CPU based), deadlines as well as signal strength
(bandwidth) when other devices are using the internet in your home.
If you were to be robbed, how are you going to call the police? We all know that thieves target cell phones
and computers. The weather can also have a major effect on both cell phones and
VOIP. Just ask the victims of Hurricane Sandy and Hurricane Katrina. The
landline though can work through power outages and won’t rely on the cell phone
towers everyone else is using. If you
can’t talk on a call to emergency services on a landline they have your address
automatically and can send services to you.
About 64 percent of homes in the U.S. still have landlines. The call
quality of a landline is superior to those of cell phones and through power
outages. Landlines help you buffer out unwanted calls to your cell phone by
being a main point of contact.
The landline helps your home feel safe, especially via a home security
system. So keep your home happy and in touch with its own phone. And if you
want to save money with better rates on your long distance service, contact National
Access long Distance.
