My wife and I got married in December and having resisted the urge to get a home phone so far. We been living off cell phones which in seemed like a better idea because we were both stuck in contracts and we didn’t want to be for three phones for two people.This has been our thinking for the last five months but now two things have shaken our once impeccable reason.
- My cell phone contract is going to expire in a month.
- We’ve now had one too many giant cell phone bills do to a “few” extra minutes.
So we’ve reluctantly decided to get a phone line. We looked into Vonage and our local cable (cogeco) and phone companies (bell) VoIP services but we either couldn’t get a local phone number (Vonage) or the companies were charging too much to make it worth while.So last week I ordered a phone line from Bell and a cable internet from Cogeco. They haven’t called me back yet to confirm installation but I’m sure it will be any day now…[UPDATE]The latest news is I saw an add from Cogeco for VoIP that is significantly less then the price I saw when I was researching so I’m going to make a call today about that.[MORE UPDATES]The better price is only if you are subscribing to digital cable TV too. Bell here I come. Vonage come to my area![YET ANOTHER UPDATE]After a tip from my friend Aaron, I cancelled my Bell phone service before it ever arrived and signed up with Primus.ca. It’s going to be about $20 a month and it has all the call features! Sounds good to me.Once I receive the stuff and have it all set up I’ll post again and let you know how it works.
