House Phone

bluto63

Do you have a house phone? Do you use it? Or do you just use a mobile phone?

Since I moved out of home almost 4 years ago I have never had a house phone. I just don't see the point of it, if you're trying to reach me, I might not be home, but I'll have my mobile on me whether I'm at home or out of the house.

KeithM89_old

I have a phone box in my back garden. I use it if i have no credit or if theres someone in the bathroom....

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FreudianSlippers

I use it for long distance.

Kimono-Girl

yup we use it on evenings and weekends...:)


eircom made us have one if we wanted broadband! :rolleyes:

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Kimono-Girl wrote: »

yup we use it on evenings and weekends...:)


eircom made us have one if we wanted broadband! :rolleyes:

You need the landline connection, but not the phone?!

Skype is yer only man for long distance.

Pauleta

I use it when i have no credit (which is rare). The only time people ring it is for my nanny and telesales :mad:

Lawrence1895

I might be the one and only person here who hates mobile phones

However, I have friends and family in Germany, and 400 free minutes/month from UPC, I am just glad to have the house phone :cool:

crosstownk

Phone comes as part of the Eircom pack which gives me the internetz but I never use the phone.

Run_to_da_hills

The old man has one and its still handy for daytime land line calls.

Daegerty

Eircom are killing it. I remember 10 years ago it used to be reasonably priced. I'd never use a mobile if I was near the house phone.

Then the constant line rental increases, the minimum call charge, the call setup fee, rounding up to the nearest cent. Still they have no clue while they're inches away from bankruptcy

hondasam

I rarely use the house phone.

Owen

Nope, thankfully. Got my UPC broadband, and if I need to make a call for a long period of time, I'll skypeout.

Firetrap

Yes but only because I've no other choice for da broadband. Rarely use the house phone to be honest. Eircom are shooting themselves in the foot with their extortionate line rental charges. I know quite a few people who have either gotten rid of their landlines or when they moved, didn't get one in at all.

Galway K9

Pauleta wrote: »

I use it when i have no credit (which is rare). The only time people ring it is for my nanny and telesales :mad:

Id keep it connected for the telesales anyways....interesting questions...:D

KungPao

Nah, never saw the point. I always have my mobile phone on me, use skype/voip for long distance.

karlog

For the kids who don't know. A house phone is like a normal mobile phone except it's attached to a building where you think the person your calling might be.

Where To

use the house phone for 1850 numbers only

the_barfly1

I reckon the landline will be made more or less redundant asides from businesses in the next 5 years, there is simply no need for them anymore due to mobile phones/interwebs

Tech3

Never seen the point of a house phone, I could add it by paying 5 euro more on the UPC bill but I couldnt be bothered as I have the mobile phone

Daegerty

Tech3 wrote: »

Never seen the point of a house phone, I could add it by paying 5 euro more on the UPC bill but I couldnt be bothered as I have the mobile phone

It used to be a lot cheaper than using a mobile but with recent price increases its not worth it anymore. I do use a fixed IP phone for international calls though

sbsquarepants

No, haven't had for probably last 7 or 8 years. Kinda pointless these days i think.

nadel302008

No Landline is far too expensive I only go with Mobile Phones.

biko

Haven't had a house phone for well over 8 years.

Cheap Thrills!

I've never had a house phone and never will. Waste of money.

Ledger

have it because of eircom broadband.

only use it if ringing abroad (which is rare tbh) or dont have credit (also rare because of free texts)

michelledoh

Aint gots one myself. Only real reason I'd have to get one is for internet.

Sanjuro

I'm stuck with Eircom. One of the most useless organisations in Ireland. And I'm also stuck with their crappy broadband and telephone deal. So I have a phone. I never use it though. Tried to go to just broadband, but the deals are crap, and it's actually cheaper to have broadband and telephone. God, I hate Eircom.

Cat Melodeon

We have one and use it all the time. We have absolutely dismal mobile coverage where I live, regardless of the type of mobile or network that we're on. Sometimes if I've been around the house for a day or two without going anywhere and then drive about a mile down the road, I get a heap of missed call notifications and texts once I pass a certain point. I'd be totally cut off if it weren't for Skype and the house phone.

pickarooney

Land line and all calls to landlines worldwide are included in the broadband package and I don't have a mobile so in as much as I ever use the phone it's always the land line.

the glass woman

I have one because we have a monitored alarm (not with eircom), but because I run a business from home I was able to be an o2 business customer, great rates, and it goes through the business
(use NTL for broadband and no complaints there)

2ygb4cmqetsjhx

Weird. I can't imagine not having a housephone. Ours rings constantly. More often than the mobile!

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I must be missing something with the Eircom thing. I have eircom broadband, obviously need a land line connection for that. But I don't own a "house phone". What's all this about having to have a house phone because you're with Eircom?

Ledger

elviscostello wrote: »

I must be missing something with the Eircom thing. I have eircom broadband, obviously need a land line connection for that. But I don't own a "house phone". What's all this about having to have a house phone because you're with Eircom?

can sometimes work out cheaper

Kimono-Girl

elviscostello wrote: »

I must be missing something with the Eircom thing. I have eircom broadband, obviously need a land line connection for that. But I don't own a "house phone". What's all this about having to have a house phone because you're with Eircom?

hey im paying for the line im taking the free off peak calls!

Odysseus

I only kept mine because of the monitored alarm, if it wasn't fir that I wouldn't have it.

Mike 1972

Cant monitored alarms work over GSM now too ?

Id imagine GSM is actually better since they cant cut the line

Daegerty

Mike 1972 wrote: »

Cant monitored alarms work over GSM now too ?

Id imagine GSM is actually better since they cant cut the line

well ya can jam GSM

dubtom

Have always had one,though rarely use it. When I changed to UPC a phone was included,so it's there,still unused. Some fecker in India tried to sell me eircom mobile while I was canceling their land line.