Can you ditich your Landline?

Was talking with my sister in law today and usually she's way behind the curve on anything techy, email cell phones etc. But we got an email from her the other day saying that they as a family ditched thier landline. Everyone now has thier own cell phone. More importantly she was able to move her landline number (in use for over 20 years) to her cell. More importantly for my Sister in law is she found running her business having an Iphone has been a godsend, no longer taking 2 weeks to respond to email or voice mails etc. For us it means we can reach her anywhere anyplace.

From everything I've read in Europe you can't really ditch your landline becuase calls from mobliles are too expensive. And in Spain the only way to get internet is to have a telefonica landline.

Not quit true Rob, if you live in the city or town then Telefonica may be the only way to get internet.

We live in the campo, too far from the exchange to get ISDN but we do have a Telefonica line, we don't use the main phone that much as we find Skype to be very cheap and reliable about £30 per year for unlimited to most of Europe. I suppose we should get rid of the Telefonica line now.

Being a bit of a techno freak I have managed to get the pc connected to the main phones so we use Skype now like any normal phone, we even have a UK local phone number with the Skype package so friends and family can call us cheaply too.

For Internet we use Rural Internet which is a wireless network and is mostly reliable and not too expensive, the price for the internet and Skype would be about the same a normal calling and internet with Telefonica or a little cheaper.

Regards

You can use operators such as Ya.com and get your line and adsl through them without paying anything to Telefónica. 3Mb adsl and unlimited national calls for €29,95 per month, with a promotional price for the first two months, free wifi router and phone etc.etc. Can't vouch for their reliability and service etc. but it seems like a good deal. Of course, if Telefónica's lines go down, it will still affect Ya customers, because they still use the same infrastructure, and you'll be the lowest priorty......

Hi Roberto,

   Has ya.com got an english site? Thanks.

No. Maybe they have English speaking customer service reps? - try 902 901 444.

I see Ya are part of France Telecom España, who are also responsible for Orange, of whom I've heard some pretty negative comments. A neighbour of mine has just switched to Ya adsl - I will monitor closely how he gets on with them and report any findings. For now, I'm sticking with the Devil I know (Telefónica)

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