Just received a letter from Telecom today to let us know that our second domestic phone line pricing will increase from $37.43 to $45.75 per month, an increase of approx 22%. No justication given and Telecom won't budge on this.
I thought the cost of telecommunications was reducing.
This looks like a very silly idea from Telecom when there are so many alternatives to a POTS line available, e.g. I could get all those calls diverted to my 2 Degrees mobile for $20 mth, or a VOIP option bundled with broadband and lots of extra with Orcon for not much more.
In the meantime, I've closed the second line and put diversion in place to my home business line for $2.50 month.
What are other good options, considering we could probably do without our second line altogether? Our first line is for the home business, but could be shared.