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Ditching your Landline Just Got Easier

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the taking-it-with-you dept.

QuePasaCalabaza writes "The FCC has approved a bill 5-0 that allows consumers to take their land line phone numbers and carry them over to thier wireless phones. USA Today has one of the first scoops on this ruling. The official news release [Word|PDF] is there."

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  1. No land line is great by BoomerSooner · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Just as long as you don't need to use your phone during an emergency.

    Hell, I cannot get reception during home football games much less after a tornado rips through the state.

    Land line is also good for your home's alarm and tracking where a 911 call is made from.

    I guess I'm just an alarmist, but when you need to call someone, a land line is significantly more reliable than a cable phone or cell phone.

  2. What about wireless to landline? by jdh33 · · Score: 5, Interesting

    What about wanting to go back to landline service?
    I'm tired of my cell service and just want to put my wireless number on a landline. Or better yet, put my wireless number on a vonage line.

  3. Just saw by mental_telepathy · · Score: 4, Interesting

    a commerical for a new service from Cingular that would allow you to tie your cell phone to ring to your home phone when attached to a device they sell. And you don't use wireless minutes when answering at home. So, you could have the bext of both worlds.