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作者: 嘉嘉 時間: 2012-1-7 01:20 標題: Home phone service provider

I am helping my frd to look for a cheaper plan for her mom
but shaw, bell, telus are all about $2X-30 for unbundled plan......
and I came across city telecom, $12/month

is it any good?

作者: lo_pak 時間: 2012-1-7 06:58

回復 1# 嘉嘉

City Telecom, italkbb, teksavvy... They are all VOIP phone

In the first place, you need to be using cable connection at home...
Second, the voice quality may have "a bit" degradation (depends on company and your data traffic, can be solved by router adjustment)...
Third, for multi handset system at home, VOIP (according to menu) cannot use the wall jack in the house unless you have disconnected the power source of those jacks...

In your post, if you are asking any "good", I would say YES in terms of the price, especially if you are making LD calls back to Asia. It save you quite a bit on the phone bill.

BUT...

If you are (on the other hands) asking for the bad, as you can see from the above, there are quite a few. If you can live with those weaknesses, it should be the way to go...

Lastly, I would ONLY recommend VOIP phone to areas which have reliable data and power connection, i.e. if you are living in areas which run out of power couple times in a year (because of wind, snow, etc.... touch wood), Telus should be the choice.

作者: 嘉嘉 時間: 2012-1-7 12:51

Aiya......she has no cable/data wor....

Is there any alternatives with good price?

作者: lo_pak 時間: 2012-1-7 14:40

回復 3# 嘉嘉

NOPE!

作者: fibbi 時間: 2012-1-7 22:46

回復 1# 嘉嘉

Well, I'm using land line and using Primus now. Still a bit cheaper than Telus.

作者: 嘉嘉 時間: 2012-1-7 22:58

fibbi

I only see broadband line on their website, do you know where I can find more information on landline?

作者: lo_pak 時間: 2012-1-7 23:50

本帖最後由 lo_pak 於 2012-1-7 23:55 編輯

回復 5# fibbi

Make sure what your definition of "land line" is...

Primus offers VOIP, isn't it...

Primus is offering $36.95 for 5Mbps internet service, at that rate, I would rather use Teksavvy as they are providing 25Mbps service already...

作者: lo_pak 時間: 2012-1-8 00:01

回復 3# 嘉嘉

For curiousity, what internet connection your friend is currently using at home?

作者: fibbi 時間: 2012-1-8 00:22

本帖最後由 fibbi 於 2012-1-8 00:26 編輯

回復 fibbi

Make sure what your definition of "land line" is...

Primus offers VOIP, isn't it... : ...
lo_pak 發表於 2012-1-7 23:50

I'm using LAND LINE NOT VOIP from Primus... Basically it's the same Telus line but just ported to Primus.
I do have VOIP but it's CITI owned with a HK tel number.

Well, I originally signed up with a company called WinTel that replaced my Telus line (land line is the same but WinTel bills me instead of Telus), many years ago. Then Primus took over WinTel and now Primus bills me.

作者: lo_pak 時間: 2012-1-8 01:12

本帖最後由 lo_pak 於 2012-1-8 01:14 編輯

回復 9# fibbi

Make sure you know how Primus operateD, they are running naked DSL... period...

GOSH...

作者: fibbi 時間: 2012-1-8 01:16

本帖最後由 fibbi 於 2012-1-8 01:18 編輯

回復 10# lo_pak

Now that I saw their website they only offer VOIP phone service. But I guess i'm those old customer so still not affected. I don't have their VOIP kit and my phone is ok during blackout as well...Also, my alarm will not work if it's VOIP phone...

作者: 嘉嘉 時間: 2012-1-8 17:30

回復嘉嘉

For curiousity, what internet connection your friend is currently using at home?
lo_pak 發表於 2012-1-8 00:01

it's my frd's mom who needs to install a landline
and her mom's house has no internet connection

作者: lo_pak 時間: 2012-1-8 22:37

回復 12# 嘉嘉

Stick with Telus la... as simple as that...

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