- Vodafone En Tu Casa
One of the disadvantages of living in the countryside (en el campo) has been the lack of a reliable telephone service. Even if you are one of the fortunate people to have a land line by Telefónica installed, you still have to pay around 15€ +IVA simply for the privilege of having a line with them. On top of that you have to pay for the calls you make.
- No line rental (currently €14 per month)
- Free calls to national landlines.
- The best Vodafone rates for other calls.
- Keep your existing landline number.
- No installation needed, and the service is up and running within a day or two.
The Vodafone shop in the “La Trocha” shopping centre in Coín can help you set it up and they have English speaking staff, which is a bonus if you don’t speak much Spanish. Maybe now it’s time to start saying “Adiós Telefónica”!
And for those of you that DO have a regular landline and Internet, you should consider the possibility of using VOIP to make cheaper telephone calls. The Federal Communications Commission defines VoIP as “a technology that allows you to make voice calls using a broadband Internet connection instead of a regular phone line.” Certain VoIP providers may limit you to calling only people using the same service, but others open it up to anyone with a phone number – local, long distance, international and mobiles. Some services now include VoIP adapters for use on regular phones too.
As a final mention, something worthy of note is the Blog by Javier Prenafeta. He states regarding this service: ‘the quality of this service compared to a land line is not the same, there can be problems with coverage, outgoing calls will display the mobile number (not the associated land line number), and the price of calls to non-geographical numbers is a lot higher than normally expected with a land line.’
