Wireless home phone

[Duckman]

This might not be a new idea or realistic but I would like PM to offer a wireless home phone service. I realize that PM is a SIM only service but it would be nice to be able to get a package for a wireless home phone that includes the device.

I have a rogers wireless home phone that I got on the cheap on a corperate plan. The device  is a ZTE WF720 and works great. In setting up my grandmother with PM this week I see how the wireless home phone might have a niche market.

 I would also suggest longer terms of 3 and 6 months.

[Griff]

 Hi @Duckman

Interesting idea, not too sure I see it catching on.

To your last comment Public Mobile currently offers 90 day plans (3 months), you can check them out on the Plans page.

[Duckman]

If I could figure out how to unlocked a ZTE box, I would try it out myself as an experiment. People are selling off boxes for as low as $15 once the cancelled or swiched their service from rogers/fido

[clogan2]

Public mobile is a sim-only service...just order an unlocked ZTE box like you mentioned ", or buy an unlock code on eBay (they're only like $5)

[kav2001c]

Only issue is that for voice only the other carriers are $10 for Canadian calling. It would cost triple that on a Public plan unfortunately. 

@Duckman the reason Telus/Bell have never introduced plans like this is for fear on canabalising their home/voip services. 

[IWIK]

With the price of options like magic jack for home phone (if you have internet access) it's hard to beat

[makkahn28]

Actually, that sounds fancy

[kav2001c]

@IWIK the whole point of having SIM based homephone is when there is no internet (like travel or a cottage). MJ is ok but not even close to the best VOIP out there

[Duckman]

I agree with kav2001c about wireless home phone being for when voip is less of an option.  We use our wireless home phone at the cottage where we're not about to pay for high speed internet. It could be an option for older canadians who aren't interested in internet service (yes, these people still exist).

I also agree that PM's current pricing does not supprot the service well. When we first ordered a wirless home phone we got it for $9.99. Now their seems to be tiered pricing at rogers for share everything customers, customers with other rogers services and people with no other services.