For the past two weeks we’ve had heavy static on our home phone line. I called AT & T to report the trouble and they sent a technician out the very next day. He went in the basement, he went out to the road, he went in the basement.. came up and said he had one more visit to the pole at the road and was all set. Didn’t see him again.
Still Static. I waited a bit, figuring maybe he was still working on the problem. Days later, nope. Called A T & T again… reported heavy static still on the line.. this time it took four days for an A T & T Truck to show up on the street, but they never came in the house. They were gone before I could tell them there was still static on the line.
I just called to report Static on the line again.. this time I did not use the automated trouble reporting service they WANT you to use. I figured out how to talk to an actual person and told her I want to SEE and TALK to the technician next time he/she comes out here to “fix” this problem.
Mike and I are wondering… why do we still have a land line? Almost every form you fill out nowadays asks for your cell phone number. We both have cell phones, as do the kids, and everyone uses them far more often than the land line. Even relatives who don’t have a cell phone can still call you on your cell. SO… land line, or not?
What say you? Have you given up your land line yet? I know many have. What do you think of it? Or, if you’ve kept your land line, what are your reasons? It’s a hard habit to break after all these years… but, maybe it’s time to let it go.
