<p>I am one in the 50+ group who gave up my landline more than two years ago. I transferred our old number to my cell phone so we didn’t lose it. The one downside is that 911 calls can only be traced back to the cell tower, but I haven’t really worried about it. The one thing I miss is the way my mom (for example) would call and one of the kids or DH would answer and chat with her a few minutes before handing the phone over to me. But really, that wouldn’t happen in this day and age because no one else would pick up the phone since they get all their calls on their cells.</p>
<p>I always figured I could use the car charger if we lost our power for long.</p>