Do Free Phone Lines Exist?
Unfortunately for the consumer, there is no such thing as an absolutely free phone line. Whilst some providers offer free phone line installation for properties that are not already connected, and occasionally contract deals may incorporate a few months of free line rental, they will never offer free line rental indefinitely. This is because there are costs associated with providing and maintaining phone line service fidelity.
Nevertheless the intelligent consumer can minimize the costs associated with their phone line by conducting adequate research before entering into a contract with a telecommunications provider. Some UK landline providers, such as Primus, offer extremely cheap phone lines to consumers. Whilst calls made through these landlines often cost more per minute than calls made through other providers, there is an ingenious workaround.
Companies such as 18185 offer customers the ability to make extremely cheap calls using a domestic telephone connection. Once a consumer subscribes to the service, any calls they make with the dialing prefix “18185″ will be charged at a much lower rate than most land line providers can offer.
If this sounds like too much hassle or perhaps a bit too dodgy for your tastes, you can still find a number of reasonably priced terrestrial phone line services by using one of the many reputable comparison services available online. Although it is never a good idea to rely solely on the information displayed on a comparison site, sites such as these can provide you with an excellent early indicator of whether or not a particular service is likely to be right for you.
Although this should really go without saying, once you have used a comparison site to conduct your initial research, you should make certain to read all the relevant small print. Telecommunications providers are notorious for using tactics that some would consider underhanded to promote their services: just look at the debate surrounding the way in which broadband services are regularly advertised.
