Long distance, non-existance

[Séguin]

Just got my new phone line hooked up. And now I never have to pay for long distance ever again :D

[LeeBrat]

sweet deal

[Sniper]

Nice.......what company are you with?

[Séguin]

Oh ya. Should have posted that. I'm with Primus now
http://www.primustel.com/
You need Cable or DSL internet to use it. It's voice over IP.

[tvmann]

How is the sound quality, any delays or glitches when you're talking to someone?

I have a normal phone on Telux & a Telus cell plan that is ending, don't use either very much, was gonna cancel both and get a Fido cell with unlimited incoming calls.

[Séguin]

this works off the regular phones in your house. Same quality. Only difference is. Instead of them all connecting to a box in the basement and eventualy 1 wite leaving the house... the all connect to a special router you buy for $100 (or $4/mo).

[tvmann]

Cool.

Maybe this type of thing will become really cheap when other similar companies start doing it.

Right now I'm paying including taxes & fees:

$28 Telus phone
$38 Telus cell
$44 Shaw cable internet
$40 ExpressVu TV
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$150 total per month! Or almost 2 grand a year :(

[Séguin]

well right now its $40/mo. Its a "new" technology available to the commercial market. There's also a program you can download to call people's phones from your computer called Skype. But the option to call people's phones with Skype costs $10/mo I believe. I just can't wait till voice over IP gets introduced to cell phones.

[BongMan]

Im just waiting for Shaw to finally set thiere VOIP network up then all services comming into my house will be 1 nice tidy package

[Séguin]

Ya, I can't wait for that either. Untill then. I'll use Primus.

[miss.myra]

Aw shit I need that.

Having your best friend living far away= scary long distance bills :(

[Séguin]

Oh I know. Most of my friends live in Ottawa or Montreal. The cool with with Primus is you can pick a number from any Canadian area code.