FIL needs a phone

chnelomi

hi all, My father in law needs to get a phone put on mainly for health reasons(contact with doctors etc). trying to figure out what would be best for him but i'm not exactly fast at researching different company's. i have been able to find out he cant get cable as they managed to completely miss his block of flats when they were installing it. so would this then leave him just with BT.

he would also need to bar call's to mobiles(extra i know) but last time he ended up with massive bills though visitors using the phone(Gran kids etc). i looked at bt and seen the bt basics but think that it would end up costing as much as ordinary line due to use.
any ideas
thanks

Heinz

I'd suggest getting a BT line using their current free installation offer and installing a suitably-programmed Commtel Phone Guard (they pop up on ebay quite often at £5 or so) on the socket.

The Phone Guard can be programmed to allow only 01, 02 and 03 calls (and specific mobiles) or whatever else is 'safe'.

chnelomi

thanks Heinz had a quick glance at them what a good idea had heard about them before but never actually seen them. do you think you would be able to use more than one because he has two sockets and despite a blocked phone before they made calls through the second socket:mad:
think i may invest in one for myself my kids are getting to that age where they want to chat for hours lol

Heinz

Yes, you need a Phone Guard on each active socket.