Broadband renewal

[Kodikid]

Sorry like the vast majority I completely forgot about land line 

[Kimberlin]

@Kodikid 

And so it seems have many people. Apparently, as of 2024, only around 47 percent of domestic customers have a landline and that is decreasing year on year as of course mobile phone use is more common and convenient for probably most. It'll be a few years yet, but it wouldn't surprise me if the domestic landline eventually hits the skids and disappears forever.

I'd wager that the majority of households that retain a landline, are an older demographic (I could be wrong!) often citing the need to stay in touch with relatives or ease of use of a landline phone or the need to be on the end of a landline for medical reasons. Of course there is still an element of folks who don't trust the cellphone network insofar as reliability or downtime.

[seoras]

I kept it for emergencies but during a recent 30 hour power cut, it failed. Not reliable any longer. We're just using 3 mobile phones now on different networks but during power cuts all are likely to be down. It used to be that the landline still worked but not under the digital system as it needs the router powered, presumably. No backup now.

[Kodikid]

We abandoned our landline when BT overnight scraped the free anytime call package. 

To be honest though towards the end our only calls were nuisance ones as family  friends and work all used mobiles 📱