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Best landline deal

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  • 24-06-2008 7:58pm
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    luckat
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    What's the best deal on landlines?

    I don't personally like Eircom's customer service, so I'd prefer someone else. I don't have or want TV, so that's not in the pot. I do have wireless broadband with Irish Broadband.

    Any suggestions gratefully accepted - cheap, good quality, good customer service is what I'm looking for.


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    dudara
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    Thread moved to Net & Comms - apologies mods if not the best forum.

    dudara


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    craichoe
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    luckat wrote: »
    What's the best deal on landlines?

    I don't personally like Eircom's customer service, so I'd prefer someone else. I don't have or want TV, so that's not in the pot. I do have wireless broadband with Irish Broadband.

    Any suggestions gratefully accepted - cheap, good quality, good customer service is what I'm looking for.

    I find have an Irish landline number from blueface and it works great, just get a ATA box, plug that into your broad band and your normal phone into that .. voila .. landline :) (i'm in holland btw)

    http://www.blueface.ie/products/99offer.aspx

    They also have a 99 euro offer, you can keep your existing landline number too if your like.

    Their customer service rocks also, you can mail them and they'll sort you out straight away !


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    luckat
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    Sorry to be so untechie, but what's an ATA box?

    The €99 deal is the price for service and calls, eh? To where?

    That was about what I was paying Eircom when I left, a good €30 of that being rent.


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    rmacm
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    luckat wrote: »
    Sorry to be so untechie, but what's an ATA box?

    The €99 deal is the price for service and calls, eh? To where?

    That was about what I was paying Eircom when I left, a good €30 of that being rent.

    An ATA is an Analog Telephony Adapter an example would be something like this: http://tinyurl.com/2g57pd


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    luckat
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,366 ✭✭✭luckat


    What is the advantage of an ATA box?

    I have a vague feeling I read something here vaguely critical of Blueface, but am I wrong?


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    rmacm
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    If you want to use an analog phone with a VoIP service e.g. Blueface you'll need an ATA to connect your phone to your broadband connection. Not so much an advantage as a requirement. If you have NTL broadband the modem they supply acts as an ATA i.e. it has phone ports on it where you connect your analog phone.


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