I still have a bare-minimum landline with residential measured service only, with no other services. I only use about 3 minutes a month for a couple of local calls, and otherwise use a mobile phone for everything else. I've been keeping the landline for both the continued calling during power outages and because I can't stand cellphone voice mail and therefore keep an old-style answering machine active on my landline. But I am now truly sick of all the calls that come from politicians, surveys, solicitations, and so on, so sick that I just want to cancel the whole line and go dark. And with the election coming, these calls are only getting more and more frequent. Also, even the barest landline phone service is so bloody expensive, even with measured service. I've thought about substituting MagicJack and porting the line, but that won't stop all the unexpected calls.
When one cancels phone service entirely with CenturyLink, does CL leave the line connected to the CO and just disable by computer, or will they actually disconnect the line? I seem to recall reading years ago that they were still obligated to provide 911 service on a landline, even when disconnected. Is that true? Continued 911 service would be nice, if that would continue.
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