teachercd

In this day and age, at the very least you should be on a VoIP phone (Magic Jack, Vonage, etc.).

TBH the landline was handy while the kids were still in school. Wouldn’t have all those long a$$ school messages cluttering up our cell phone voicemail. But it’s just a complete waste of money since the kids are out of HS. I literally haven’t touched the home phone in over two years. Sometimes it will ring and the wife will ask me who it is and I’ll just say I don’t care, nobody for me. It’s been that way for so long it doesn’t even bother me anymore. She’s getting close to dropping it....

@teachercd50 is about right currently as I do work for a telecom that still has people using them as well as calling cards and fax services.  You don't even want to know what an analog fax line costs anymore and they still sell them all the time while they also sell Fax to email services(1/4 of the price) but old school people simply don't trust the digital stuff.