I have not had a land-line in almost a year. My 35 year old son, who served on both coasts and in the Med with the US Navy and has rented 2 different apartments before buying a house, has never had a land-line, yet has had the same phone number for all that time! Once you "cut the cord" you can't believe how liberating it is. My internet connection is wireless and my television is DirecTV. The reason I don't have a land-line is that Verizon told me they would be out last July to hook up a regular phone line and I was going to use their DSL and phone service. No one showed up that day. I called and they told me that they flipped a switch in the office and I only had to plug in a phone. I told them there is no place to plug in a phone and there is no phone line coming into my house. Then I told them what they could do with their service!! Can't advise on the credit card thing, but, I can't believe it HAS to be a land-line phone. Paula, 158 days and counting ---------- Original Message ---------- From: "Sally Hayden" <dan-ann@xxxxxxxx> Subject: OT- land line phones Date: Thu, 7 May 2009 08:33:43 -0500 We would like to discontinue our land line phone. How many of you function on just your cell? My problem is in order to process my credit card charges form my embroidery I must connect my machine to a phone and the machines then uploads them. Anyone know of any way to do something like this via the computer? sally www.embroiderybysally.org ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2008. All material remains the property of the original author and of GSD Communication, Inc. NO REPRODUCTIONS or FORWARDS of any kind are permitted without prior permission of the original author AND of the Showgsd-l Management. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. ALL PERSONS ARE ON NOTICE THAT THE FORWARDING, REPRODUCTION OR USE IN ANY MANNER OF ANY MATERIAL WHICH APPEARS ON SHOWGSD-L WITHOUT THE EXPRESS PERMISSION OF ALL PARTIES TO THE POST AND THE LIST MANAGEMENT IS EXPRESSLY FORBIDDEN, AND IS A VIOLATION OF LAW. VIOLATORS OF THIS PROHIBITION WILL BE PROSECUTED. For assistance, please contact the List Management at admin@xxxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - http://showgsd.org NATIONAL BLOG - http://gsdnational.blogspot.com/ ============================================================================