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Moving;... Home Phone vs No Home Phone?? VOIP?
Asked by C.T. from Los Angeles
on August 3, 2009
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Hi all, currently we have a home phone/fax line and hubby and I both have cell phones. We have a small horse ranch business that we have our answering machine set fo...
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- Best to use your land line whenever possible. Cell phones may ultimately give you a plethora of health problems... http://www.emfnews.org/ http://www.cellphonel...
- Hi C. - Like everyone else said, keep your home phone if for emergencies only - you never know if your cell phone's battery will be dead, etc. But I have a question f...
- I would say that it is critical to have a landline phone for 911 calls. When you call 911 from your cell phone it goes to CHP which can take literally 10-15 minutes to...
Vonyage or Any Other VOIP Phone Use in the Home
Asked by L.G. from Phoenix
on February 14, 2008
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Hi, I am thinking about transferring my home phone from Cox over to Vonyage. My only concern is the way 911 works.. since its hooked up to your computer, your address ...
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- I've been happy with Comcast Voice, which runs over your cable line. With most of these services, you need to make sure your account address is accurate b/c THAT'S wh...
- Hi L., We've had Vonage for about 3 years now and we're pretty happy with it. The only downfall is that if your internet is down... then so is your phone. It's not ...
- I believe regardless of whether you pay for phone service from Qwest or Cox the line is always able to connect to 911 services. Give call to your phone company now to ...
Does Anyone Have Any Experience with a VoIP Provider Such as Vonage, Lingo, Etc?
Asked by M.B. from Dallas
on March 9, 2008
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I'm trying to lower my phone bill.. I currently pay $40 (includes tax/fees) for local phone service with ATT. I am a bit hesitant to switch to one of the smaller comp...
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- I've used Vonage for my home business since December and I love it. I've not had any problems with it and am on the phone at least 4-5 hours a day! They have gre...
- I have Vonage and love it. I make long distance calls almost daily and my bill is always $30 plus change per month. You may have to change settings on your vonage but...
- Hi.. I recently signed on with vonage. I got the $24.99 a month plan. Its unlimited local and long distance. I live in Texas and my son called a friend in Hawaii a...
McKinney Area Moms -- Question About Your Phone Service
Asked by D.L. from Dallas
on December 26, 2008
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We just moved to McKinney and got a "metro" line with AT&T. So far, we're pretty unhappy about their calling area. Basically, I can call my brother in Cedar Hill for f...
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- We got a deal where we bundled the phone and internet. We pay 95 (I think) a month, but we can call ANY number in Texas for free. This ended up saving us quite a bit...
- We have 4 ATT hard lines throughout our house. We bill them separately each bill has 2 lines on it and the 1st is around $85 (very basic w/ exception of call forwardi...
- We use AT&T Call Vantage, it is a VOIP and is only $26 a month (that includes tax, I think). We have free long distance nationwide and have never had am issue. The ser...
Thinking of Getting Rid of Landline Phone
Asked by S.B. from Fort Myers
on January 13, 2012
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I really dont use my house phone much at all. Im old fashioned that I will use a house phone before a cell phone but with facebook, text, email and hardly ever home.....
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- We have electricity go out in storms and then only a land line that is not a cordless works. Cell would not work and couldn't be charged. For that I keep mine.
- Our house is on the side of a mountain...cell service is okay, but cuts out sometimes, I wouldn't do it because of this, but if you get good reception, that could work...
- Paying for a landline is part of having an inhome daycare. It's a requirement for me. & yesterday is proof why: our local cell tower was hit by a vehicle & we were ...
Anyone Ditch the Landline and Go Only Cell Phone?
Asked by C.W. from Detroit
on February 28, 2008
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the only reason we have kept our landline is for the slowwww internet dial up due to the fact we live in the country. now we are going to try a broadband card for hig...
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- The reason I didn't go this route was the children and /or emergencies. What if there is an emergency and there is no phone in the house? 911 can trace the call to y...
- My husband and I have been strictly cell phones for the past 4 years. before that we had both the landline and the cells. The landline was barely used and we felt t...
- I went through the same thing in November. Paying cell bills and telephone bills just seemed a little much. I called the phone company and deleted out long distance, ...
AT & T Alternatives?
Asked by E.B. from Chicago
on September 28, 2007
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In the interest of cutting costs, we are considering switching to a VOI phone service but to be honest, my husband is more into it than me. All I can think of is the ...
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- We had SunRocket for a couple years, then they went out of bussiness. So we switched to Packet8...I believe Christy filled you in on most of their info. We have not ha...
- Hi E.! I have to tell you that we ONCE paid $100/month for our AT&T home phone service. We have an AT&T plan that includes all local/local toll/long distance/nationw...
- Hi E. We use Skype. www.skype.com You call people through your computer. We paid $15 for the entire year ! I think right now it's $3.00 a month unlimited calls to ...
All Moms
Asked by A.P. from Atlanta
on June 29, 2008
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i am trying to save money and cut down on some of my bills like, the phone and etc items. I was wondering if anybody knew of a phone service that has reasonable prices...
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- I also had Bellsouth and thought they were too expensive. We no longer have a land line in our home and use our cell phones, like Estrella suggested. If you really w...
- There is a service called MagicJack. I belive that you pay for the unit and the first 30day are free. Each year you only pay $30 a year. The draw back it that this ser...
- Hi A., We have AT&T for DSL/Internet and then use Vonage for our phone line. It is referred to as "internet phone" instead of the regular phone line. Go to www.Vo...
Lanline Phone Service
Asked by C.S. from Las Vegas
on July 9, 2010
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What phone service are you using that you are either happy with or dissatisfied with. I am considering changing my service, but am afraid to do so. I have had Embarq...
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- We have Verizon. We haven't had any real problems with it. We actually added Fios internet & TV. I don't know if you have that service where you are, but their cust...
- We made the switch from Verizon to Vonage to save money...and ended up going back to Verizon. I will never again make that mistake. Verizon offers everything we need...
- I got Magicjack to use as a landline - it works pretty well. You have to have your computer on to use it, and if you turn off the computer, it doesn't work. Not a big ...
Skype
Asked by M.M. from Oklahoma City
on January 2, 2012
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Does any one use skype on their android phones? do you use the free or paid? how is it? what carrier and phone do you have any tips or issues? All responses welcome. I...
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- Yes. I have the same phone. I use the free version. We had problems as I was driving and talking on my bluetooth. the voice would be slightly garbled as the signal was...
- To skype on your phone you have to have a phone with a forward facing camera. Not all of them do. Like skype from anywhere it cost nothing unless you want to use the...
- As Jo says you need a phone with the correct camera, otherwise your in the same boat as if it was a computer. If you have that, the paid version is a bit better for qu...
