<p>UCLA Dad, I don’t carry a landline from room to room. I have enough extensions that I can hear the phone ring all through the house. That is not true of my cell phone. One other downside of a cell phone is that sooner or later it can get lost or broken and you might be without a phone. Also, in emergency situations, a cell phone is less likely to work as the system gets overwhelmed. That can happen for landlines, but it’s more likely to happen with a cell phone. Whoa, Orchestramom, I am going to check that out. I’ve been saying for a while that the phone companies had better find a way to make having a landline a lot cheaper in order to keep business.</p>