How to Drop the Home Phone but Still Keep Internet?

We have dsl thru at&t without a phone line. We only use cell phones as well. I just called around to different companys until I found a deal that worked for us. Just call and ask.

We've had just cell phones with a spare to keep at the house for babysitters, backup or what not for the past 6 years or so without a land line because it was significantly cheaper than having a land line with personal cell phones. Has worked well. The internet we have through Comcast cable then, so no phone line is needed.

Cable internet is what you will need. But if you have children I urge you NOT to cancel your land line. When you call 911 from a cell they will not be able to find your location. You or your child will have to give your address to the dispatcher - that might not be an option in some emergencies. If you can, reduce your phone service to only the basics - if you don't use it much you can get rid of call waiting and as well cancel long distance calling (your cell can be used for that) and so forth.

I do want to add that EVERYONE I know that only uses their cell phones - they rarely answer their phone when they are at home b/c the phone is in their purse or another room and they don't hear it, it is VERY FRUSTRATING! I find I have stopped calling most of them and just send e-mails/texts. Plus, your friends will now have to have both you & and your husband's cell phone (if you have a spouse) to try to get a hold of either of you i.e., they call your spouse's cell to get a hold of you b/c you didn't hear your phone ring, again very frustrating!

First off do you have cable internet or DSL? If you have cable then just call and cancel the phone and your internet will not be effected. If you have DSL you will have to cut off both and then get Cable internet connected.

Your landline phone and the internet cable run on two different systems. I have cable/internet for TV & computer, but I have an old-fashion landline phone line. There is no problem with using your cell & having cable for internet. Call your internet provider for a better explanation that will resolve your concerns.

There are so many options for phone/cable these days. They actually use completely separate wires for both unless you have a service through Comcast where you have digital voice that does not use traditional land lines (traditional phone).

You can negotiate with your cable provider to have cable only. They bundle packages so you may be better off keeping your phone with them as well and seeing if they have a better package.
We do that all the time. They're always running promotional deals that better you vs. what you currently have.

We kept the land line in addition to the cell phones because we basically got the land line free (digital voice) with the internet service.

You can also do something like AT&T's Uverse which is phone, cable and internet.
Just make some calls, ask them to explain how it works, what the packages are, how long the terms are good for (some may increase horribly after a 1 year intro package) and take it from there.

Good luck.

Well I don't know the ends and outs of how it works but we have Verizon for our cells and Bellsouth for our internet without the phone for about $39.95. I am not sure how it works without the phone line other than its not dial-up like back in the day. They still have that type but its way slow. I am in Georgia so I am not quite sure what ya'll got in IL but I can't see why not IL wouldn't have it if we do.

You need stand alone dsl. we have it through Cavalier. We had phone and internet through them and then went to have vonage phone via the internet (because of the unlimited calling, including international, for $25 a month) so no longer needed the landline.
Cavalier just changed it to stand alone dsl and we save about $40 a month.

We have high speed internet without the land line, although our router is connected to the phone line. We use our cell phone for calls but we also have a majic jack, it works as long as you have it plugged into your computer and your computer is on (not necessarily online). You can program your home address for 911 calls. It's $40.00 for the unit and then $20.00 a year, no monthly bills, free long distance and cheap international calling.

We did this about 2 years ago because we never used the landline except for making toll free calls. It was just too expensive even with the basic package. AT & T offers Internet service only so that is what we have. We get a bill from them each month just for the Internet service. We have Dish Network and I think if you choose to rent movies through Dish you have to have a phone line network hooked up, but we don't rent the movies anyway. Also, if you have a home alarm system, I believe you have to have a phone line. But I will tell you we don't miss our landline at all!

yes...we only use our cell. we have comcast for cable and thats it. no land line. works for us!

It depends upon what kind of Internet service you get. If you choose cable broadband service you shouldn't need a land phone line.

Another option for you would be to use Vonage for your phone. It generally is $24.99 per month and has free long distance in the US and also many international countries. It is also based on the Internet, we've had it for years.

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We have our land line, only because our cable company only charge us $5. per month to have it and I feel safer having it in case of an emergency. (remember 9/11 when all of the wireless was over loaded?) .

So we have cable TV and internet from our cable company, then we set up a wireless in our house so we have wirelese in and around our home (very easy to set up).

And we have a wireless cell phone company for all of our cell phhones

K. - When we dropped cable (comcast - they're horrible) we also dropped internet thru them b/c it was so pricey. You can get one of those devices that plugs directly into your computer - they're get - ours is thru verizon...you can use them with laptops and take it on the go and be on the internet anywhere or you can use it at home on your desktop. I can't think of what it's called but if you go to a verizon store and tell them what you want - they can help. I think we pay $60 a month.

I have T-mobile and was offered a land line thru my internet for $10.00 a month. At the time, I had AT&T for both internet and land line. They however were unwilling to drop my land line and have me keep my internet (they claimed in my area it wasn't possible -which I find extremely hard to believe), anyway, I ended up dropping them and went with comcast for my internet provider and now just pay $10.00 a month for phone service (call waiting, caller id, conference calls, the whole package and it's unlmited calls).

if you have broadband or high speed internet connection, you can get a home phone qith no monthly charges:
http://www.V..com/2014/06/29/free-home-phone-service

You'll have to price around a couple of options to see what works best in your situation. Internet with the cable provider is usually around $50 - $60 per month unless you can get a bundle price, but often then you have to include home phone service with defeats the purpose. My family doesn't have cable, so instead we opted to get the cheapest phone line we could with no long distance or local calling (instead we pay 10 cents per minute for calls, but we really only use it as an incoming line), and then we added the internet on to that. So it costs us about $12 per month for the phone line and about $20 per month for the high-speed internet, a total of $32 per month.

Get cable internet through AT&T or Comcast. We have Comcast internet, cable, and phone. Their phone is compatible with a security system which is why we stayed with them and gave up Verizon land line.

We have Clear for our home phone, internet & WiFi - you can get just internet through them as well. Although we still have a home phone, there are no longer wires & it's connected to the computer. I think it's a satellite connection or something like that....it's much cheaper & the quality is acceptable.