Goodbye and Good Riddance CenturyLink

[Gman]

I cut the cord to Qwest quite a while back. Shoot, it could have still been USWest. I've been using ViaTalk for quite a few years and love the features. I particularly like being able to give certain numbers a busy, or even a no longer in service tone. They run buy one year get one free deals frequently.

[pickenup]

I have saved over $2300 by switching to Ooma. Always works fine for me. Screw Century Stink!

After talking to Ah Pook, he convinced me to switch to Ooma a while back.
Thanks

[Eric P]

Why even bother with land lines these days?

[00tec]

Why even bother with land lines these days?

I was wondering the same. I have to keep one for my DSL, but dont even own a phone to plug into it.

[Rooskibar03]

Why even bother with land lines these days?

This is what I was thinking.

[pickenup]

Why even bother with land lines these days?

Cell phones do not work where I live.

[DOC]

A fax machine is why I would keep a land line. But it doesn't come up enough to make me get another one. Finally, people are starting to learn about this new thing called email and I can send most documents that way.

[Honey Badger282.8]

I know my iPhone 6 with AT&T has wifi calling, as long as I'm connected to wifi I can make a call regardless of cell reception. No extra fees.

[brutal]

I have been dragging my feet for entirely too long moving to Ooma and porting my line from Comcast. I fired Qwest years ago but kept my number. F them.

Ordered an Ooma box from Amazon yesterday when I found a special Ooma (Reg $99)+ Linx wireless adapter (reg $50) for $93 while also ordering a new Ubiquiti Pro AP so I can put a bullet in my old troublesome Linksys WAP54G.

Ooma Premier service is $120 year and you get a free number port or a free accessory. I could do Ooma free, but for $10/month I'd rather keep my number. Old School in that regard I guess.

I know I'll likely pay a little more than current new customer offerings for internet only when I unbundle my Xfinity Blast+ and only expect to save around $20/month because I rent their modem and pay for maintenance due to working from home and needing that extra bit of assurance that anything's covered. When I call to change during the number port, I'll try to press for a better deal and will play the retention card if necessary, even if it's only a better deal for 6-12 months.

I'm still a little uncertain how the port goes if I'm otherwise keeping the internet service. When dumping Qwest it was easy. Port done by Comcast. buh-bye turds. I know you need to maintain the line/account and let the new service do the port, just not sure if Comcast will try to screw me over with the unbundle.

I may opt to buy my own modem, but will likely keep paying $5 month if I can for them to cover all wiring and general issues inside/out. Looks like my timing may be a little off and perhaps it's best to wait out the coming Docsis 3.1 rollout instead of dropping coin on a Docsis 3.0 now even though they've gotten pretty cheap.

ETA: Looks like Docsis 3.1 isn't a reality for my service needs or availability here. I will probably buy a $90 Arris 16x4 modem and send theirs (3.0 4x4) back.

[TFOGGER]

I've been using MagicJack for about 8 years now. $18 bucks a year when you purchase 5 years at once. My wife and I are the only ones that ever call the house on the land line anyway...