Simply Unlimited Home Phone
Phone plan: Unlimited nationwide calling
Price: $50.00/mo.
CenturyLink isn’t trying to reinvent home phone service. The phones work the same. The features (call waiting, caller ID, etc.) are so standard that they don’t feel like features. The long-distance charges aren’t a joke. The bills can have puzzling and dubious fees.
So, yeah—CenturyLink home phone service is just like you remember from the days before smartphones. Minus the nostalgia.
Okay, maybe it’s not fair to say that landlines have no upsides. Ambulance drivers will know your exact location. You won’t have to charge your phone (as much). The phones don’t have tons of apps, games, and messages to distract you from real life. And retro-tech like this will totally boost your hipster cred.
Are we reaching for reasons to have a landline? Yeah, kinda. But that doesn’t mean your reasons aren’t important.
| Package | Price | Features | |
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| Simply Unlimited Home Phone | $50.00/mo. |
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CenturyLink’s Simply Unlimited Home Phone plan comes with unlimited nationwide calling and up to 10 calling features. If you add it to your CenturyLink internet plan, you’ll save $10 monthly off the combined costs of the services.
Now let’s talk long-distance rates (remember those?).
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Home Phone Unlimited includes unlimited long-distance calling throughout most of North America (50 states, Canada, and U.S. territories). But what if you have family in Japan or Australia?
If you need to call other countries, CenturyLink charges extra for long-distance calls, just like back in the old days. You’ll pay higher rates during peak hours (Monday–Friday, 7:00 a.m.–7:00 p.m.) and slightly lower rates on nights and weekends.
Of course, those rates are straight outta SayWhat-town. Calling Japan during peak hours with CenturyLink will cost $1.62 a minute. On nights and weekends, the same call will set you back $1.17 a minute.
Obviously, those prices aren’t ideal, but there is an alternative.
For an additional $6 a month, the CenturyLink Choice International add-on slashes your long-distance rate. That call to Japan, for instance, drops by 86–96% ($0.08–$0.22 a minute) with Choice International. And there are no restrictions on the time of day you can call.
See CenturyLink Choice International rates by country.
If you pick the Home Phone Unlimited plan, CenturyLink Choice International will bring your bill up to $66 a month (plus fees and taxes).
But do you really wanna spend 66 bucks a month on a landline? That feels like a lot of dough to blow on a service that’s almost obsolete.
| Package | Price‡ | Download/upload speeds | Phone plan features | |
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CenturyLink Fiber Internet with Unlimited Nationwide Calling Best fiber package with add-on |
$110.00/mo.* | Up to 940 Mbps both ways |
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CenturyLink Simply Unlimited Internet with Unlimited Nationwide Calling Best DSL package with add-on |
$90.00/mo.† |
Download: up to 100 Mbps Upload: up to 10 Mbps (Actual speeds depend on location) |
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* Speed may not be available in your area. Maximum download/upload speed of up to 940 Mbps via a wired connection. Paperless billing required. Taxes and fees apply. Online ONLY. Free Modem. Free Install.
† Paperless billing or prepaid required. Additional taxes, fees, and surcharges apply. Get the fastest Internet speed available at your location (max speed is up to 100 Mbps.)
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Not everyone needs a landline. Many of us don’t even want one. But they can be handy in emergencies.
If you’d like that extra protection in your life, CenturyLink provides it at a decent price. Otherwise, you’re better off with that high-tech, life-stealing smartphone.
You don’t need a phone line for CenturyLink Internet, but you will need a working phone jack.
CenturyLink does not currently offer mobile phone service.
You probably can get CenturyLink internet or phone service at your house. Enter your zip code below to see if CenturyLink is in your area.
CenturyLink offers internet and phone service. (CenturyLink did offer satellite TV service through DIRECTV, but that ended on Jan. 31, 2020.)
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