F Southwestern Bell

[OrangeTaintedLuv]

I am DONE with them. Any one use any other phone company (in Austin)?

 

[MeaHorn]

We switched to the MCI neighborhood package and love it. They buy the lines from SWB and then charge you a flat rate for all local and long distance calls in Texas. Our LD bill used to fluctuate any where from $70 - $100 and now we pay a flat ~$58.00 a month. 95% of our LD calls are in Texas, so it works out nicely for us.

 

[OrangeTaintedLuv]

Thanks! I'll check it out

 

[sapo1495]

avoid AT&T , they are even worse (if you can believe that). I cancelled "call notes" with them ever month, only to find it back on my bill the next month.

 

[TenaciousTgarden]

SBC is nauseatingly awful, cut off my phone line for 4 days and keep charging me for reconnecting.
puke. i just want to keep my same phone number, so i am sticking with it.

 

[Bee Otch]

Cut the phone cord and go with VoiP. This is phone service over the intenet and is without question the future of telecom in the country. Caveat: you must have a high speed internet connection (in Austin, go with Time Warner RoadRunner). With VoiP, you will connect your internet connection to a small modem and then plug any phone into that modem. Quality is perfect; advance features are unbelieveable; and price is awesome (if you already pay for the high speed internet connection). In Austin, AT&T has a residential VoiP offer/special. Check out the AT&T website and read more about it.

 

[Clarence Iba]

I would go VoIP but I fax a lot from home. It allegedly has issues with sending faxes. I also have an alarm that needs monitoring, and I don't like the idea of running cords all over the house to my cable modem...but damn, it's a great deal for those who can do it! Vonage is only $20 a month for unlimited nationwide, and they even e-mail you .mp3's of your voice mails!