Eircom talktime ..."most improved"?
Evening all,
Just wondered if anyone had any comments about the latest offering from the Eircon stable? I've a large family (including 2 teenage girls who just
luuurve to chat!) and for the last couple of years have been rate-tarting furiously around the place, trying to keep the 'phone bill down without cutting off their dialling fingers...
I've tried Vartec, SmartTelecom and God knows who else; am based in Limerick and currently have the landline with Chorus (Pre-Carrier Selection) and all three mobiles with Meteor, which helps somewhat. But between their bills and Eircom's line rental I still reckon I'm forking out the price of a modest holiday package each year, just so's they can all "stay in touch" :/
Lately I've been trying out Telestunt.ie for the international & mobile calls, and it seems to work OK, apart from the odd time (their VOIP servers are obviously not up to handling high-volume usage...). Made a big long call to my sister in France last month, for 36c (+ VAT)!
But as the majority of our calls seem to be of the local, daytime, short-duration variety, I've been thinking of trying out the €29.99-monthly-fixed-charge-including-line-rental beast that is "Talktime"...
Up 'til now I've been paying the buggers €24 a month just for the length of copper, so I'm figuring that for the sake of an extra €6 a month I might as well cut out the Chorus bill (typically anywhere between €40 and, say, €140!) and see how it all pans out.
So — has anyone here tried it? Seen a bill yet? Had any pleasant (or nasty) surprises?
Jeez, what did we all do before we got "d'electric"...?!
Dr. M.