sf area people do any of you have a landline? remember those? i'm considering getting one. not sure who hands those out. it's been ... 8 years.

As an SBC customer I understand why you'd want to go anon with that. I hate them, but I'm afraid of change.

good god no! but if you, please don't get verizon, gang of colossal douchebags!

land lines are very useful say if there's a natural disaster and the cell phone towers are overloaded or destroyed

if there's a natural disaster who the hell are you supposed to ? get a megaphone, yo!

ooh, a megaphone! like this one? *narrows eyes*

post loma prieta the land lines were all jammed. i just feel misty about the days when i could have a ten minute conversation without being disconnected 3 times.

out here land lines worked but anyone with my area code's cell was screwed for weeks. people were also blogging in new orleans from land lines and free aol cds. that made for entertaining reading.

yes, i have one and i use it with my dial up modem not kidding. i like that i don't have to worry about minutes or reception etc.

What an amusing concept. If you have broadband internet service, you -- by definition -- have a "landline." That line might have any number of services on it -- including voice telephony. My point being that you don't have to do business with SBC to have a landline. Vonage is one provider of VOIP (Voice Over Internet Protocol). There are others. Consumer Reports just did an analysis of those services. You can get the report from the local public library. If you're afraid of dead trees or the library for some reason, you can get one-month access to their web site for $4.95.