There are many options to choose from in the houston area. Some of the home phone providers are AT&T, CenturyLink, Windstream, dPi, and Grande. These phone service's will have the option for long distance as well as local calling.
No you are not required to have internet service to get a home phone but some providers offer great combo pachages depending on your needs.
There are many good home phone service providers in North Carolina. You may want to look at Comcast, or CenturyLink. It also depends on which area you are living in.
There are many different home phone providers available in Indianapolis. Some of these home phone providers include All Connect, NextWave, and Comcast.
There are dozens if not hundreds of local home phone service providers. Some of the major ones are Verizon, MCI and Vonage, many of these companies provide VoiceOver IP service so be sure you know what you are getting.
Yes, some phone providers are permitting collect calling to their subscribers. Currently these services are allowing collect calls to be billed on their home phone bills.
There are several residential phone service providers including Comcast and Verizon. Before signing up for any phone service provider, one should check the availability of that provider in their area.
In the Houston area, there are several service providers to choose from. While I am unfamiliar with some of the smaller companies available, there are some large companies, such as MCI, Verizon wireless, Comcast, AT&T, Cleartel, or Sprint, depending on if you are looking for home or wireless service.
Some leading providers of residential phone services are: Verizon, AT&T, Vonage & Comcast; some local residential phone providers include Cleartel, Qwest,ViaTalk,PhonePower TotalCall & PioneerTelephone
With Qwest I have to cancel forwarding from the home phone not the cell phone.To activate/deactivate (cancel) call forwarding service on your home phone usually requires some key combination. But if it happens that you forgot those key combinations then you should call your phone providers customer assistant service to cancel it.
im not sure if you are able to purchase phone service online but, you can try verizon. http://www22.verizon.com/content/verizonglobalhome/ghp_landing.aspx or this sight seems to have some information http://www.cheap-online.net/home-phone-service.html
There are many different providers for Voice Over IP service. Some of the leading service providers include Phone Power, ITP, RingCentral Professional, Lingo, Vonage and Skype.
If you do not have a phone line you can still get internet service at your home. Cable providers such as Comcast and Quest can both provide high speed internet access without ever having to install a phone line. Also, there are some internet service providers which operate using a satellite dish and require no installation or wires or lines.