Nope. Ditched it when my kids were in their teens - and ran up a four-figure phone bill, calling their friends' mobiles from the landline. Yes, I could have put a PIN-operated block on that, but decided it was just too much hassle. These days it's all VOIP anyway - the copper pairs have largely been removed, at least as far as curbside nodes anyway.
My land-line literally a landline. It is attached yo a junction box outside my house through buried cables. It is why we have a 'dig here' hotline. If you break a cable you have to pay for its repair.
Very few places in Australia still have that, most places it's not even an option. It's fibre to the node, the curb or the premises, or hybrid fibre coaxial, or fixed wireless, or sky muster (via satellite, for remote locations). The copper wires have been pulled up from under the streets or removed from overhead poles.
This post was edited by Slartibartfast at September 15, 2020 11:22 AM MDT
Although we still have a landline, it sits in the corner quietly contemplating the downfall of the cellular network by 5g activists. It has lost its self worth, is depressed and undergoing therapy on the dial up network.
Thriftymaid 