So long as they other person has hung up - no. After a short while - the exchange will start sending recorded messages back to your phone telling you 'the other person has cleared'. If you still leave your phone 'off the hook' - eventually you get a two-tone note which gets louder.
Your phone call should be free if it is a local call to a house phone. Ultimately it depends on your calling plan and where your calling to. The home phone line you call should not be charged for receiving a call.
You could call from Gmail to the phone numbers of your contacts. This can be done by the bottom left pane. It contains the icon of a land-line receiver.
Because it's cheaper ! Most land-line based directory services are charged at a higher rate than a normal phone-call. Many on-line services are wither free, or offer a vastly reduced rate for their facility.
I need to get a phone with nothing on it but 1 line. No call waiting, call forwarding, caller ID, or anything like that. Just 1 straight line into my house
Check
911
*67
In order to unblock long distance calls you will need to contact your phone provider. With your permission, they can unblock long distance calls for you. However, you will be charged more for this service.
your phone line in disconectid
A digital phone line is another fancy word for VoIP. To call one of these phones dial the number as you usually would. There isn't anything different about calling a VoIP line than calling a landline.
call your phone company and see if they have coverage there
In the US, it is *69 on a land line phone.