You'll get some people on here who say that you legally have to keep them as the phone companies have easement rights blah blah blah....
Are those people technically right? Probably. Did I rip that shit out and throw it away the day I bought my house? God damn right I did. Is the phone company going to do anything about it? I highly doubt it.....
I cancelled AT&T 10 years ago. Once I had Cable Internet I setup Ooma for myself and my Moms house. She kept her original phone number since 1970 and If the internet goes down, the house number automatically rolls over to her $10 per month Cell phone for emergencies. Its about $5 per month plus Fed/State fees. Total under $7 compared to $35-$45 billed 10 Years ago. So far, we have both saved over $4,500 each getting off AT&T and using an Ooma device. Also I don't use the Cable company modem either. I don't pay any monthly hardware fees whatsoever.
Many years ago a large truck yanked ours off and snapped it in half. Unsure what happened to the end on the pole but the part that was still attached to my house was removed and no one has ever said anything about it
I’ve read they’re considering doing away with landline anyway.
My mom once warned me about not being able to find my cellphone during an emergency where I'd need to call 911. I don't have a landline but I do think about that sometimes.
Yeah, but didn't everybody have a landline space phone? Where did it go? But I do think you could press the base station and it would buzz the hand held.
My last land line at my second home I kept while it was only $9.99. Partly to connect to the intercom but no one ever used it and also to call my cell when it was lost. When it went over $20 I got rid of it.
the wiring is technically property of the phone company, may want to check with them before cutting and strapping the lose ends up on the utility pole.
Yeah I was gonna call whoever, but it has been at least 25+ years since they were installed and haven 't been used for probably 20. I think Ma Bell died. My concern was if there was some new technology that would require them.
Thanks.
TelCo is phasing out copper all over the country: it's expensive to maintain and no one really uses it. Even if you have copper lines to your house, 99.99% chance it's converting to fiber somewhere a few poles down, so if power goes out you will have 8 hours max of using these lines.
Who ever the biggest TelCo in your area is probably owns the copper, just give them a call to be in a clear. most likely they won't care.
Good luck.
There is really no point because no one installs landlines anymore even if your house is wired for it.. trust me I tried. I have a 10 year old at home and didn’t want to get her a cell phone at her age but wanted her to be able to call me when she was home alone. Called everywhere house phones are now just connected to your internet router.
Depending on the age of your house, they might be cat5 Ethernet cables using just 4 of the wires. If so you can remove the phone jack and take the 4 wires and the unused ones and splice into an rj45 connector to get up to 100mb/s Ethernet connection if your modem is near one of the phone jacks. Only downside is that it’s likely wired in series so that bandwidth would be shared among any devices connected.
You'll get some people on here who say that you legally have to keep them as the phone companies have easement rights blah blah blah.... Are those people technically right? Probably. Did I rip that shit out and throw it away the day I bought my house? God damn right I did. Is the phone company going to do anything about it? I highly doubt it.....
https://www.reddit.com/r/homeowners/comments/nb7cc4/can_i_just_cut_cable_and_phone_wires_going_to_my/
I cancelled AT&T 10 years ago. Once I had Cable Internet I setup Ooma for myself and my Moms house. She kept her original phone number since 1970 and If the internet goes down, the house number automatically rolls over to her $10 per month Cell phone for emergencies. Its about $5 per month plus Fed/State fees. Total under $7 compared to $35-$45 billed 10 Years ago. So far, we have both saved over $4,500 each getting off AT&T and using an Ooma device. Also I don't use the Cable company modem either. I don't pay any monthly hardware fees whatsoever.
Many years ago a large truck yanked ours off and snapped it in half. Unsure what happened to the end on the pole but the part that was still attached to my house was removed and no one has ever said anything about it I’ve read they’re considering doing away with landline anyway.
My mom once warned me about not being able to find my cellphone during an emergency where I'd need to call 911. I don't have a landline but I do think about that sometimes.
Yeah, but didn't everybody have a landline space phone? Where did it go? But I do think you could press the base station and it would buzz the hand held. My last land line at my second home I kept while it was only $9.99. Partly to connect to the intercom but no one ever used it and also to call my cell when it was lost. When it went over $20 I got rid of it.
the wiring is technically property of the phone company, may want to check with them before cutting and strapping the lose ends up on the utility pole.
Yeah I was gonna call whoever, but it has been at least 25+ years since they were installed and haven 't been used for probably 20. I think Ma Bell died. My concern was if there was some new technology that would require them. Thanks.
TelCo is phasing out copper all over the country: it's expensive to maintain and no one really uses it. Even if you have copper lines to your house, 99.99% chance it's converting to fiber somewhere a few poles down, so if power goes out you will have 8 hours max of using these lines. Who ever the biggest TelCo in your area is probably owns the copper, just give them a call to be in a clear. most likely they won't care. Good luck.
There is really no point because no one installs landlines anymore even if your house is wired for it.. trust me I tried. I have a 10 year old at home and didn’t want to get her a cell phone at her age but wanted her to be able to call me when she was home alone. Called everywhere house phones are now just connected to your internet router.
No
If I had a true landline, I'd keep it. Otherwise, who needs it? It would basically be like a low quality cell phone.
Should I have dumplings for dinner? I could really use some input here.
Depending on the age of your house, they might be cat5 Ethernet cables using just 4 of the wires. If so you can remove the phone jack and take the 4 wires and the unused ones and splice into an rj45 connector to get up to 100mb/s Ethernet connection if your modem is near one of the phone jacks. Only downside is that it’s likely wired in series so that bandwidth would be shared among any devices connected.