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etccarmageddon · 20-06-2005, 15:38

I'm ditching my landline - it's a rip off. I'm with BT and pay around ÃƒÆ’Ã¢â‚¬Å¡Ãƒâ€šÃ‚Â£11.50 a month line rental (correct me if I'm wrong!) plus an additional ÃƒÆ’Ã¢â‚¬Å¡Ãƒâ€šÃ‚Â£1.50 a month for caller display. For this I get a line which is in a fixed location in the house and a real pain to put extentions on.

So as I have cable modem and not ADSL I dont need a line. I will either use Vonage or my mobile. If I use Vonage I get all my local and national calls at all times plus caller display for ÃƒÆ’Ã¢â‚¬Å¡Ãƒâ€šÃ‚Â£10 a month and it's a normal land line phone plugged into my cable modem. Alternatively I just use my mobile which is slight more expensive but has no line rental and no caller display fees.

I recon BT will be ditching the line rental fee within the next 10 years in order to beat VOIP.

20-06-2005, 15:38	#6
etccarmageddon Inactive Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Manchester Posts: 5,638	Re: What would be NTL move for BT Fusion I'm ditching my landline - it's a rip off. I'm with BT and pay around ÃƒÆ’Ã¢â‚¬Å¡Ãƒâ€šÃ‚Â£11.50 a month line rental (correct me if I'm wrong!) plus an additional ÃƒÆ’Ã¢â‚¬Å¡Ãƒâ€šÃ‚Â£1.50 a month for caller display. For this I get a line which is in a fixed location in the house and a real pain to put extentions on. So as I have cable modem and not ADSL I dont need a line. I will either use Vonage or my mobile. If I use Vonage I get all my local and national calls at all times plus caller display for ÃƒÆ’Ã¢â‚¬Å¡Ãƒâ€šÃ‚Â£10 a month and it's a normal land line phone plugged into my cable modem. Alternatively I just use my mobile which is slight more expensive but has no line rental and no caller display fees. I recon BT will be ditching the line rental fee within the next 10 years in order to beat VOIP.