Phone service

May 23, 2009 11:57 AM

Advice on phone options? My wife and i currently have: 1) cell phone that i use 2) Home line that we share 3) High speed internet connection with skype mostly Long distance We are moving and want to consolidate Options include 1) ditch land line and get cell for my wife 2) add cable phone serviec 3) continue current Any advice?
posted by dougiedd to Home & Garden (5 answers total)

I don't know anything about Skype, except my friends think it's great. But my husband and I each have a cell and no land line at home. It hasn't been a problem for us in our 4+ years of living here.
posted by purpletangerine at 12:13 PM on May 23, 2009

It depends where you're moving to. Where I live, dropping the landline in favor of cell phone or VOIP isn't an option. (We have little-to-no cell reception in the yard, less when we're in the house; and the cable goes out at least once a month, so using it for telephony isn't a viable option.)
posted by jlkr at 12:29 PM on May 23, 2009

we've had vonage for 5 years and love it. (we've had in in many states and even foreign countries without issue) or you could always wait a few weeks until google voice/grandcentral is rerelased. the whole point there is ease of accessibility and consolodation. then you could simply use whatever phones are at hand/switch to cheaper phones etc because the only number you would give out would be the google voice number.


-c
posted by chasles at 1:51 PM on May 23, 2009 [1 favorite]

Nthing google voice. I have not had a landline for about 8 years and have had 0 problems because of this.
posted by getawaysticks at 4:54 PM on May 23, 2009

You might be interested to know that you can get DSL without paying for a phone line in some places, though it usually takes a little work - The magic phrase is Dry loop pair. There's some tricks to getting it set up, but that link should get you started.
posted by Orb2069 at 8:43 AM on May 24, 2009