Comments on: CrunchGear’s Destroy Your Landline Contest http://www.crunchgear.com/2007/07/19/crunchgears-destroy-your-landline-contest/ Gadgets, gear and computer hardware. Tue, 14 Oct 2008 16:15:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Geoff Livingston http://www.crunchgear.com/2007/07/19/crunchgears-destroy-your-landline-contest/#comment-330326 Geoff Livingston Thu, 19 Jul 2007 19:02:20 +0000 http://crunchgear.com/2007/07/17/crunchgears-destroy-your-landline-contest/#comment-330326 I may actually have to do this! Hilarious idea! I may actually have to do this! Hilarious idea!

]]> By: AA http://www.crunchgear.com/2007/07/19/crunchgears-destroy-your-landline-contest/#comment-329220 AA Wed, 18 Jul 2007 22:05:51 +0000 http://crunchgear.com/2007/07/17/crunchgears-destroy-your-landline-contest/#comment-329220 I am keeping my landline. I can't actually get calls where I live via cell phone, or where I work. Funny though, I had TWO cell phones with 2 different lines, so it isn't like I didn't TRY! The irony is that ever since the phone company hooked up DSL the land line hasn't been the same. Now there is all this static and noise. The phone company said it wasn't due to the high speed internet connection.(even though the static wasn't there before I got high speed internet) So I got rid of it. The phone company said it was my cordless phone, so I got rid of that and now have a plain boring handset with a hard line, no caller ID etc. I love technology. So I just turned off the ringer and let everything go to voice mail. I can access the voice mail from anywhere, and I don't have to worry about charging the cell phone or missing calls. And I can ignore the same amount of people cell phone users ignore(except I won't know who I am ignoring unless they call. My whole family has cell phones, but they never answer them. So this works well for keeping in touch. Not only that but basic service via quest is costing me 39.00 a month. Why do they charge so much for old technology? I would move into town, but it is kind of hard to meet people when they are always talking to other people on their cell phones, or listening to their messages, or their music. At least out in the country I don't have to listen to the phones ring while I am eating dinner. I am keeping my landline. I can’t actually get calls where I live via cell phone, or where I work. Funny though, I had TWO cell phones with 2 different lines, so it isn’t like I didn’t TRY! The irony is that ever since the phone company hooked up DSL the land line hasn’t been the same. Now there is all this static and noise. The phone company said it wasn’t due to the high speed internet connection.(even though the static wasn’t there before I got high speed internet) So I got rid of it. The phone company said it was my cordless phone, so I got rid of that and now have a plain boring handset with a hard line, no caller ID etc. I love technology. So I just turned off the ringer and let everything go to voice mail. I can access the voice mail from anywhere, and I don’t have to worry about charging the cell phone or missing calls. And I can ignore the same amount of people cell phone users ignore(except I won’t know who I am ignoring unless they call. My whole family has cell phones, but they never answer them. So this works well for keeping in touch. Not only that but basic service via quest is costing me 39.00 a month. Why do they charge so much for old technology?
I would move into town, but it is kind of hard to meet people when they are always talking to other people on their cell phones, or listening to their messages, or their music. At least out in the country I don’t have to listen to the phones ring while I am eating dinner.

]]> By: Michael http://www.crunchgear.com/2007/07/19/crunchgears-destroy-your-landline-contest/#comment-329098 Michael Wed, 18 Jul 2007 21:12:27 +0000 http://crunchgear.com/2007/07/17/crunchgears-destroy-your-landline-contest/#comment-329098 Well, from my experience of cell phone providers, T-Mobile is definitely on the d-list (and not nearly as funny as Kathy Griffin ;), so if you're planning to ditch your landline, make sure you test a T-Mobile connection (find someone who uses it and march them into your yurt and see if you get any bars at all... and can hold a connection for 5 minutes). Well, from my experience of cell phone providers, T-Mobile is definitely on the d-list (and not nearly as funny as Kathy Griffin ;), so if you’re planning to ditch your landline, make sure you test a T-Mobile connection (find someone who uses it and march them into your yurt and see if you get any bars at all… and can hold a connection for 5 minutes).

]]> By: Liam http://www.crunchgear.com/2007/07/19/crunchgears-destroy-your-landline-contest/#comment-327561 Liam Tue, 17 Jul 2007 18:12:16 +0000 http://crunchgear.com/2007/07/17/crunchgears-destroy-your-landline-contest/#comment-327561 This will be excellent to see ;) cant wait for entries This will be excellent to see ;) cant wait for entries

]]> By: Johnal http://www.crunchgear.com/2007/07/19/crunchgears-destroy-your-landline-contest/#comment-326502 Johnal Mon, 16 Jul 2007 23:15:54 +0000 http://crunchgear.com/2007/07/17/crunchgears-destroy-your-landline-contest/#comment-326502 John, This is proving to be quite difficult. Actually filming my methods for destroying our landline phones would be like handing the evidence over to the police. Maybe I'll just write the words "CrunchGear" on the phone somewhere but not actually show my face or record my voice for the sake of some level of anonymity. Ya? No? mwahahahaha John,
This is proving to be quite difficult. Actually filming my methods for destroying our landline phones would be like handing the evidence over to the police. Maybe I’ll just write the words “CrunchGear” on the phone somewhere but not actually show my face or record my voice for the sake of some level of anonymity. Ya? No? mwahahahaha

]]> By: Shayna http://www.crunchgear.com/2007/07/19/crunchgears-destroy-your-landline-contest/#comment-326454 Shayna Mon, 16 Jul 2007 22:23:06 +0000 http://crunchgear.com/2007/07/17/crunchgears-destroy-your-landline-contest/#comment-326454 This should prove entertaining. I wonder if I could smear mine with peanut butter and convince my doberman to attack! I must have missed the post for the winner of the TeleNav contest. Can someone someone point me in the right direction; the search feature doesn't want to be my bff today. This should prove entertaining. I wonder if I could smear mine with peanut butter and convince my doberman to attack!

I must have missed the post for the winner of the TeleNav contest. Can someone someone point me in the right direction; the search feature doesn’t want to be my bff today.

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