July 6, 2009

Telephone Chatter

Let’s face it – a telephone never used to say much about your personality. No matter how rich and famous, or geeky you were, your telephone was guaranteed to look exactly the same as anyone else’s. It looked hideous, had a long curly wire and came from BT. And it was already in the house when you moved in.

That was it. Now we are in the age of the iphone and even home telephones and cordless phones come in all shapes and sizes from companies of all shapes and sizes – and you don’t even have to get the telephone line from BT. You can use one of the plethora of alternatives - like Swiftcall.

So when, like me, you are moving to a house that is not even connected to a telephone line where do you start? Well I started where I have always been – and got in contact with British Telecom.

That may or may not have been a mistake – as it took age to get someone to call and make the connection. Then they went next door by mistake and simply left. They did manage to come again slightly quicker – and connected a broadband service so slow it was worse than dial up.

Which is a good lesson to check out just how bad the phone lines are where you are planning to move in. However, then the fun really starts. Even when you have narrowed your choice to a single brand you still have a lot of choices to make. The Panasonic KX phones come in quite a range.

This is what got me thinking about call logging as a viable business tool Maybe you have not have thought about it – but you soon will! Then you just have to decide which of the multitude of telecoms companies to use for the actual calls. And I am still thinking about using Sky – if only to get my free satellite television as part of my telephone service.

But I will say one thing for BT – their back up service is good. So as yet I have not switched. But my annual contract is up– so it is a decision not to be put off much longer…AND the Ashes is about to start.

Telephone Chatter

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