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I recently read on the BBC Technology page that in the USA more people use their mobiles than landlines. Apparently many households don't even have a landline and rely solely on their mobiles.
This particularly interested me as I don't have a landline and exclusively use my mobile . My reason is that I make so few phone calls that I cannot justify paying additiinal line rental for a service I rarely use. I can browse the net, do on-line shopping, send emails and messages (the latter through Whatsapp not SMS),play games and do a search on any subject even how to spell a word on my mobile. And, of course, make the odd phone call.
So all if this made me wonder what's the situation here in the UK? I assume all of you have a landline as well as your mobile. So my question is which do you use most: your landline or your mobile? And what do you use your mobile for?
This particularly interested me as I don't have a landline and exclusively use my mobile . My reason is that I make so few phone calls that I cannot justify paying additiinal line rental for a service I rarely use. I can browse the net, do on-line shopping, send emails and messages (the latter through Whatsapp not SMS),play games and do a search on any subject even how to spell a word on my mobile. And, of course, make the odd phone call.
So all if this made me wonder what's the situation here in the UK? I assume all of you have a landline as well as your mobile. So my question is which do you use most: your landline or your mobile? And what do you use your mobile for?
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I guess @Anonymous that I get cold calls on my mobile because that is the only way these companies can contact me as I don't have a landline.
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I never get them now on mobile thankfully though I do have one outstanding from last week. 0344 826 0202 which called me at 1am and I presume to be O2.
On the landline cold callers would sometimes plague me 20 to 30 times a week.
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@Glory1 Woah you definitely have me beat there! I don't think I'll ever forget my old landline number so I'll report back in 50 years 
@Anonymous I get them in waves on my mobile. I'll have 2 weeks of PPI claim and accident compensation calls then nothing for a few months and then it all starts again.
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You nailed it @Martin-O2. They come in waves. In addition to PPI claims and accident compensation calls I've also had Scottish Power ringing me. You too only have a mobile which is why, like me, you get them on your phone. It's their only point of contact.
And good luck remembering your landline number in 50 years time. I won't be here, of course, but I'm sure you'll do it if you have a memory for numbers like me. I'm useless at names but numbers I never forget.
And good luck remembering your landline number in 50 years time. I won't be here, of course, but I'm sure you'll do it if you have a memory for numbers like me. I'm useless at names but numbers I never forget.
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@Glory1 I haven't had the Scottish Power calls thankfully! I I've had the same mobile number for 10 plus years now so who knows how may cold calling databases it's ended up on by now 
TBH I'm not that great at remembering numbers (faces I never forget) but for some reason that number just stuck.
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@Martin-O2 you got me thinking. I have had the same number for nearly 10 years as well - first as PAYG and then when I switched to a pay monthly contract I asked if I could keep the same number.
I don't worry about cold callers any more. I have Call Control on my phone that blocks the calls and I add to the blocked calls' when a new number pops up.
As I say I'm useless with names but good with numbers plus faces and voices.
I don't worry about cold callers any more. I have Call Control on my phone that blocks the calls and I add to the blocked calls' when a new number pops up.
As I say I'm useless with names but good with numbers plus faces and voices.
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@Marjo wrote:Interesting discussion! From a point of view of a Finnish person I can say that probably around 10-15 years ago (more or less) people started to get rid of their landlines because it ended up costing more than having a mobile phone.
And also because they didn't need a phone line anymore for internet connection either since that too evolved, it was not used at all.
Somehow I still miss our home landline phone for sentimental reasons though. It made a fun noise when dialling.
It looked something like this one:
My grandparents had such one (in a 70's green), I used to love it as a child and loved to dial (without the handset-part, so it didnt cost anything).
We had a one with number pad in red ...That was very modern and rare.
It was rented from the post. Funny things
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More of this needed.....
BBC News: Nuisance call firm Keurboom hit with record fine
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-39877362
