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Posted on December 11th, 2009 No comments
- 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.
Now that has changed. Recently I signed up to the “Vodafone En Tu Casa” service. For just 15€+IVA a month I have a landline number (I kept my existing number from Telefónica) and that includes all calls that I make to any Spanish landline number. They even gave me a special phone to use with the service, a nice shiny Panasonic wireless phone but for a bit more you can get two of them. All they ask is that you sign a contract with them for a minimum of 18 months. Seeing as I would normally be paying this to Telefónica without making any calls at all (and without being given a phone either) then this is a good deal for me.What is the service all about? Basically it is a mobile phone (you get given a new mobile number as well) SIM card with a landline number attached to it. When people call the landline number (usually free or a lot cheaper than calling a mobile for most people) it rings on your Vodafone. However, when you make a call it reflects as a mobile number and not your landline number on the other person’s phone so you may want to hide your caller ID to avoid confusion. Finally, they also offer you a mobile tariff for any calls you make that aren’t to landlines or if you spend more than 16 hours on the phone in one month. If you choose the mobile phone sized phone (also free) you can pay an extra 5€+IVA a month and then take it with you wherever you go.Summing up:- 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.’
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