I like a land line for added security. I also have a corded phone, although I actually have mine plugged in at all times. I use the corded for for any type of conference call I need to do from home. I also prefer it for longer calls. The place we rented when we first moved here had horrible cell phone reception. Basically if we were in the house the cell phones didn't work and we had to use the land line (which also wasn't great there, but at least it worked). Where we bought both work fine, but I prefer having the land line in case of power outages, for conference calls and for longer calls. Also I use a fax machine occasionally for work and I needed a land line for that as well.