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Home Phone Line

Slipshaney · 2014-10-16 13:45:42

Im changing broadband provider shortly, from a satellite solution to fibre. However, with the satellite solution, this was also including a home phone (thru the satellite) My new package is broadband only, to get a phone would be an extra tenner per month and we dont use it that much, only for incoming calls. Does anyone…

16-10-2014 1:45pm

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Slipshaney

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Im changing broadband provider shortly, from a satellite solution to fibre.

However, with the satellite solution, this was also including a home phone (thru the satellite)

My new package is broadband only, to get a phone would be an extra tenner per month and we dont use it that much, only for incoming calls.

Does anyone know of a solution whereby we could keep our landline number, and receive calls over the broadband?

This might not be an option, but thought Id ask

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#2 16-10-2014 1:56pm

Johnboy1951

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Slipshaney wrote: »

Im changing broadband provider shortly, from a satellite solution to fibre.

However, with the satellite solution, this was also including a home phone (thru the satellite)

My new package is broadband only, to get a phone would be an extra tenner per month and we dont use it that much, only for incoming calls.

Does anyone know of a solution whereby we could keep our landline number, and receive calls over the broadband?

This might not be an option, but thought Id ask

Yes you can receive calls over broadband via VOIP ... and also make calls cheaply.

You might be better off posting this in the VOIP forum
http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/forumdisplay.php?f=542

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#3 16-10-2014 1:58pm

Slipshaney

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Perfect thanks for that

Johnboy1951 wrote: »

Yes you can receive calls over broadband via VOIP ... and also make calls cheaply.

You might be better off posting this in the VOIP forum
http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/forumdisplay.php?f=542

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