Getting rid of landline?

I have a had a landline at home for the past 9 years. In recent years I switched to UTV Talk.

However, the truth is that I rarely use the landline at all - I've had several phone bills that were for the line rental only i.e. no call charges at all.

I have been toying with the idea of getting rid of the landline altogether and just relying on our mobile phones for calls. (Our broadband is via NTL).

What should I consider before getting rid of the landline? Are there likely to be any costs involved (other than any outstanding charges)? Is there an alternative provider out there that would offer a better deal on landline rental if I wanted to keep the phone (€25+ a month for a phone I rarely use seems like a waste of money)?

I have never had a landline.

The way I se it, the €28 or so every month will get you an awful lot of mobile usage and I think mobile rates are going to fall further.

We're looking at this at the moment too but our alarm is causing a problem. We would have to buy a gsm for the alarm at a cost of about 600 euro if we don't have a landline - currently trying to figure a way around it.

That's the way we're thinking, callybags.

Hope4711, thankfully our alarm has eight paws and two barks and no landline connection (100% effective over 7 years ... though I shouldn't speak too soon, touch wood and all that!) so getting rid of landline will not impact. Hope you manage to find a solution (if all else fails, I can heartly recommend the dog pounds as a source of an effective alternative to the alarm )

Given that you are with NTL for broadband, if you get rid of land line and need a home phone again, NTL do a good rate with no rental costs and no addiotional line beyond your current cable. Cheaper than what you have now. I moved to them with no penalty from Eircom last year.

Deas said:

Given that you are with NTL for broadband, if you get rid of land line and need a home phone again, NTL do a good rate with no rental costs and no addiotional line beyond your current cable. Cheaper than what you have now. I moved to them with no penalty from Eircom last year.

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I'm with NTL and hardly ever use my landline either. With NTL I just pay for the basic TV package as I hardly ever watch TV anyway.
Can anyone say what the cheapest cost of a landline from NTL on top of my basic package would be ? I'd consider getting broadband from NTL too as its been introduced into my area but it troubles me that I fairly recently paid 80 euro in PC World for a wireless router for my old 02 DSL modem and it doesnt seem compatible with cable from NTL.

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Hope4711, I too have an alarm hooked into the landline when the alarm is triggered i get text messages. I also want to get rid of land line the line rental is a joke. So i have also looked into GSM Diallers the price you quoted 600 seems crazy. I am getting one it costs 215 inclusive of VAT. Its made by europlex. I can give you more details if required

Thanks for that suggestion Deas. For the moment I think we'll wing it with just mobiles (and Skype) and see how we get on. But good to know there's another option out there.

We are the same, mobiles only, and also consider what deals you can get, we have 1cent calls / texts to our 3 most frequently used numbers with O2 - so with 2 mobiles we get 6 numbers @ 1cent per minute - on prepay..

bullworth said:

Can anyone say what the cheapest cost of a landline from NTL on top of my basic package would be ? I'd consider getting broadband from NTL too as its been introduced into my area but it troubles me that I fairly recently paid 80 euro in PC World for a wireless router for my old 02 DSL modem and it doesnt seem compatible with cable from NTL.

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5 pm extra for phone rental vs 25 with Eircom.

Yes, I thibk cable modems use different technology to DSL modems.

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5 pm extra for phone rental vs 25 with Eircom.

Yes, I thibk cable modems use different technology to DSL modems.

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5 euro per month sounds good. It seems like I'd be crazy to stay with Eircom now that I have the NTL option.

Can anyone think of a reason to stay with Eircom ?