[Novalug] OT landline phone service, carriers other than Verizon?

[Jon LaBadie]

On Mon, Jan 02, 2012 at 03:51:45PM -0500, Miles D. Oliver wrote:
> Happy New Year
> 
> We need to have a landiine in the house with an elderly family member who
> has  Alzheimers.  We have caregivers in the house when we are out and need
> the
> stability of the landline service for emergencies.  We also have it for our
> alarm system.
> 
> We have decent cell service on both of our phones with Sprint. Works well
> in the house and everywhere and we'd ditch the landline if it was just us
> two and we could get past the alarm system issues.
> 
> We get this landline service directly from Verizon and are getting hit for
> about $75 a month with the service and the TAXES FROM HELL.
> 

Miles,
If the landline is for the occasional or emergency use I'd approach
Verizon and get that monthly cost reduced.  For example, do you have
a plan including special long distance rates, or unlimited local
calling, or added options like caller id or voice messaging?  If so,
you could eliminate those and get the most basic service, maybe
even paying for calls by the minute.

Jon
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