What's the least expensive residential home phone in Canada? It can be VOIP as well.?

Question

I am moving to Calgary and I want to subscribe for a inexpensive home phone. I don't use it that much and I dont want to pay 40 bucks a month for Bell, Telus .....

Answer 1

I live in Calgary.

I dumped Telus last year in exchange for VoIP.

I have high-speed Internet with Shaw Cable (no contracts).

Then I subscribe to InPhonex LiteLine as my main home phone provider.  LiteLine is only $7.95/month with unlimited incoming + 2.5 cent/min out-gong calls.  1-800 calls are free.  Includes e911 and voice-mail and Calling Card access world-wide.  No Contracts, No obligations, and No Non-sense service.

I also have a 2nd VoIP line with CallCentric for only $1.95/month + 1.5 cent/min incoming calls + 1.98 cent/min outgoing calls. Includes voice-mail and world-wide Calling Card access.  No contracts, no obligations, no non-sense service.

I purchased my Linksys PAP2T VoIP adapter through VoIP Depot in Canada.  

http://www.voipdepot.ca/index.php?main_p...

or if you need a built-in router use the Linksys SPA2102

http://www.voipdepot.ca/index.php?main_p...

Then configured it myself for InPhonex on line-1 and CallCentric on line-2.  No contracts, no obligations, no minimums, no non-sense.  With the Linksys VoIP adapter, you don't need a PC running to make VoIP calls (unlike MagicJack).

With InPhonex and CallCentric you will get a Calgary phone number..... not a USA number only, like some other VoIP services...

Answer 2

http://www.magicjack.com/6/index.asp

Go that site for more information.

If you want cheap to call anywhere this cost you $19.95 YEARLY

unlimited call. But depend on your connection must be powered Broadband or LAN high Speed internet connection.

First time purchase have a Free one year of using MJ after that cost you $19.95 yearly.

But can't dial into 1800 number, but if you do have a cellphone that would do.

Connection is crystal clear, there are some problem to the MJ but it's easy to Fix. You don't have to scared to it if there is a problem into MJ it's easy to Fix.

Answer 3

I'm in Canada and am using Majicjack with some success.  Its got a couple warts - for example you can only get an assigned phone number from a US city, and you can't have it plugged into your USB port and do a reboot; but overall its very inexpensive compared to other alternatives; calls to Canada and the US are covered by the annual fee.

Also, of note, only half way thru the sign up process do you get a message saying the risk free trial period does note apply to Canada.

Answer 4

I have VoIP thru Globalinx and pay $24.95.  It gives me unlimited calls anywhere in the U.S., Canada, Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands, United Kingdom, Ireland, Italy, Spain, France and China!  I have the E911 feature as well.  It works great with me and I don't have to deal with expensive residential home phone at all.  Plus if I want to travel, I can take it with me and it'll work too!  Check out the website. You will need to go into 'products' then into 'voip'.