We haven't had a land line in at least 15 years. The last time we had one was because it was a requirement to get DSL internet, and we didn't actually have a phone plugged into it, so it was a landline to nowhere.
Nowadays the "land line" uses the same fiber as our internet, so if the internet is down we would have no land line anyway.
Our cell signal is generally good to make calls, but just weak enough that often times people calling go straight to voicemail. With Verizon and an iphone it has an option to use our wifi to make/receive calls and use cellular as backup, and it solved that problem. With our android phone we have a free "google voice" number to call out on wifi and have an old android phone that doesn't even have cell service on it. The only odd part about using it is warning the elderly parents that when we call it will show an Ohio area code. It's a good backup option, not having a landline, to use an old wifi-only cellphone as a communication backup in case one loses or breaks their cell phone. One can also forward their cell numbers to it so they don't miss calls going to a number with a disabled/missing phone. And it costs nothing.
Also, any cell phone, regardless of whether one has activated it to an account or cell phone number, can call 911 if it can reach a tower.
Nowadays the "land line" uses the same fiber as our internet, so if the internet is down we would have no land line anyway.
Our cell signal is generally good to make calls, but just weak enough that often times people calling go straight to voicemail. With Verizon and an iphone it has an option to use our wifi to make/receive calls and use cellular as backup, and it solved that problem. With our android phone we have a free "google voice" number to call out on wifi and have an old android phone that doesn't even have cell service on it. The only odd part about using it is warning the elderly parents that when we call it will show an Ohio area code. It's a good backup option, not having a landline, to use an old wifi-only cellphone as a communication backup in case one loses or breaks their cell phone. One can also forward their cell numbers to it so they don't miss calls going to a number with a disabled/missing phone. And it costs nothing.
Also, any cell phone, regardless of whether one has activated it to an account or cell phone number, can call 911 if it can reach a tower.