New landline - perplexed with choices

urgurinder

Hello fellow moneysavers

Hope you all had a great xmas lunch... and are busy with the gr8 Xmas Online Bargain Hunt.

I am considering getting a new landline primarily to make free/very cheap calls to Norway and then family can also call me for free from Norway.

I have been reading the advice notes by Martin about it and the things that stick out are:

• Dec 08. The short term TalkTalk promotion beats the Tiscali standard deal.
• I may have to pay BT for line rental and use one of the many over-riders to make cheap calls in UK and abroad.

Other relevant info is:

1. There's already a landline in the house although no dial tone, so will have to pay reconnection charges.
2. I have USB broadband from 3 so don't need another broadband.

I am hoping that somebody with a good bird's eyeview of the landline market may be able to suggest some good options.

Any help/suggestion/advice be very much appreciated.

Thanks

Kind Regards

Heinz

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downright_mean_with_money

Just a quick word of advice - avoid tiscali at all costs!:mad: they have zero customer service, I really don't know how they get away with it (:mad: )?

talk-talk don't have a good reputation either, it comes down to "where are their customer services based?" both of these companies are overseas.

Also - don't know how much help this would be but check out

www.samknows.com

to find out if your local exchange is "unbundled or not" (industry jargon that basically means BT is allowing other providers access to your line direct!)

Happy hunting.:T

urgurinder

Thanks guys....
m still abit confused... let's c what i end up doing...

please feel free to continue giving ur advice..

Ta