There are so many reasons NOT to use a landline, I won't waste time listing them. However, backing up your cell phone with a secondary device at home or in the home-office is a must. You'd have to live under a rock not to know that you've got plenty of options. I say this because if you're like me, you get about 4 postcards a week from your cable company trying to sell you on their voice-over-internet-protocol (VOIP) service. For a roughly comparable cost to a local phone line, it may sound like a good option to simplify your billing. But wait! Hold the phone, and say Hello to Skype. 

I LOVE Skype. It's easy, a fraction of the cost of the competition, provides exceptional service, great voice quality, and they've recently implemented some impressive new plans/features that anyone trying to simplify their lives (and budgets) can appreciate:

(see them after the jump)