Cheap? Landline Call Offer.

[gordon_s1942]

7.45pm last night I got a call from an Asian male offering me a cheap rates on the Home Phone.
He claimed to be 'local' and working I THINK for a company called 'Southern Phone' based in 'Victoria, Melbourne'
I dont think this is the same as that one who does fliers and TV advertising.

I told him my current phone bill is purely line rental only as I have NOT made a call since February or so and after 'going away', he offers to cut $10 of the rental.
Unlike Telstra, when they rang me a few weeks ago, this reduction did NOT result in local Calls being 'Timed' but would remain around the 20 cents? a call.
STD rates seemed to be similar to what they are now but a definite drop in the costs of calls to Mobile.
As usual I am very distrustful of these 'Cold Calls' so I eventually told him I wasnt interested and I wasnt changing from my current carrier.

Genuine or scam, I have no idea but calling THAT late (7.45PM) makes you wonder.

[ol' boy]

7.45pm last night I got a call from an Asian

Enough said

[lineland]

STD rates seemed to be similar to what they are now but a definite drop in the costs of calls to Mobile.
As usual I am very distrustful of these 'Cold Calls' so I eventually told him I wasnt interested and I wasnt changing from my current carrier.

You still have a landline that you are paying for phone calls. That is novel to quaint LOL
When you can have UNlimited phone calls to landlines and mobiles on a mobile phone from $8.91 a month and minimum 1.0Gb data why would you be bothered with a landline.

[enf]

You still have a landline that you are paying for phone calls. That is novel to quaint LOL
When you can have UNlimited phone calls to landlines and mobiles on a mobile phone from $8.91 a month and minimum 1.0Gb data why would you be bothered with a landline.

I have a landline. VOIP. Same as my old number that I've had for decades. Comes with VDSL, unlimited.

[gordonwh40]

No choice when you get NBN, land line comes with it.

[gordon_s1942]

You still have a landline that you are paying for phone calls. That is novel to quaint LOL
When you can have UNlimited phone calls to landlines and mobiles on a mobile phone from $8.91 a month and minimum 1.0Gb data why would you be bothered with a landline.

One of the reasons I have retained the Landline is because I am JUST in a Mobile reception area.
4G on 700 Mhz has not long become available at the house so the Mobile we have had for some years was bought when they shut the Analog down and only used when traveling.

My choice of Carriers was limited to Telstra only and their mobile rates were atrocious, Like 74 cents a minute?
Optus reception varies and forget Vodaphone and others as they simply dont cover my home area.
One time I rang OPTUS about an offer they had for Pensioners and they couldnt find me, my area does NOT come up on their data base !!!!

Another factor is that although you can NOW get the Rates you have mentioned, its only in the last few months they have become available here but to access them I had to replace the Phone and I wasnt paying $100's to do so when I had no use for it.
Then of course you have to notify all and sundry of your shutting down of the Landline and at the present, I cant be bothered to do so.
Sadly not all of us have a Tower on every street corner nor are services like ADSL available here because the carriers wont install the necessary equipment due to cost involved.

[WhiteOx]

You still have a landline that you are paying for phone calls. That is novel to quaint LOL
When you can have UNlimited phone calls to landlines and mobiles on a mobile phone from $8.91 a month and minimum 1.0Gb data why would you be bothered with a landline.

Anybody with medical issues would be stupid to solely rely on mobile reception.

[LeroyPatrol]

NBN isn't proving to be all that trustworthy either!

[peteramjet]

My choice of Carriers was limited to Telstra only and their mobile rates were atrocious, Like 74 cents a minute?
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Hope you’re not still on a plan like that Gordon. Even on Telstra pre-paid you get unlimited calls and texts for $30p/m.

[lsemmens]

I signed up with Optarse about 20 years ago. They were going to ring us back with a cutover date. I'm still waiting.

[LeroyPatrol]

ling ling....ling ling....

[gordon_s1942]

Hope you’re not still on a plan like that Gordon. Even on Telstra pre-paid you get unlimited calls and texts for $30p/m.

No, earlier this year I bought a new SMART type mobile that was on Sale to access 4G etc and went with Aldi's $15 a month offer for 2 reasons and they were its using 'a part of Telstra' which I know works here and the easiest to buy from.

A few weeks later I bought the 'Little Brother' version of the first phone (again on sale) and another Aldi Card and so far both the phones and the access have been great and serves our needs perfectly.
Also despite having 2 mobiles and the Landline, I am still saving $10 a month over what I was paying out on average.

[admin]

Southern Phone are a legit company, they are Australian and from memory have Australian staff and support.

I have been getting leaflets in the letterbox about them for about 10 years.