My OAP Parents have a phone line which they don't really use. It was kept primarily for their Eircom PhoneWatch alarm and the odd call from a relative abroad.
Now with the new budget changes it is costing them to keep the line for very little use and to top it Eircom have proposed a new camera type alarm which no longer needs the phone line. In short now the only reason for the phone is to receive calls from our relative (who can ring Irish landlines for free).
My dad already tops up on average 20e a month with his Vodafone mobile.
He does not have broadband.
So what I have proposed is that he gets rid of the phoneline and signs up to this service from Vodafone http://www.vodafone.ie/pay-as-you-go-plans/
If I'm not mistaken he will get a load of calls and text and data for free which means he can use Skype or SIP to speak to the relative and it won't cost him (or the relative) a penny as he is already spending give or take 20e a month anyway.
What I'm unsure of is - is this a good service?
What does it mean you get this for 10e of your 20e topup- does that mean you still have 10e to spend on calls and texts to other networks?
What about other providers? I see three offer something similar but is it as good/better/worse? [broken link removed]
Now with the new budget changes it is costing them to keep the line for very little use and to top it Eircom have proposed a new camera type alarm which no longer needs the phone line. In short now the only reason for the phone is to receive calls from our relative (who can ring Irish landlines for free).
My dad already tops up on average 20e a month with his Vodafone mobile.
He does not have broadband.
So what I have proposed is that he gets rid of the phoneline and signs up to this service from Vodafone http://www.vodafone.ie/pay-as-you-go-plans/
If I'm not mistaken he will get a load of calls and text and data for free which means he can use Skype or SIP to speak to the relative and it won't cost him (or the relative) a penny as he is already spending give or take 20e a month anyway.
What I'm unsure of is - is this a good service?
What does it mean you get this for 10e of your 20e topup- does that mean you still have 10e to spend on calls and texts to other networks?
What about other providers? I see three offer something similar but is it as good/better/worse? [broken link removed]