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Breezeline Home Phone Review

Clear, reliable reception with familiar calling features

Breezeline
Starting price $19.99/mo.

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  • Long-distance calling
  • 16 familiar features

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Top Breezeline home phone plans

Breezeline offers home phone service over the internet at a flat rate. To subscribe, you must have Breezeline internet service and use its internet equipment.

Breezeline home phone service comes with familiar features like long-distance calling and call waiting, but there are drawbacks. You might be able to save money and enjoy a better calling experience with a Breezeline mobile phone plan.

Unlimited Home Phone Service

Starting price: $19.99/mo.

Pros

Free long-distance calling in the U.S., Canada, and Puerto Rico

Free call-waiting, three-way calling, and voicemail

Use your own handset

Cons

Breezeline internet plan required

Will not work in an internet or power outage

How good is Breezeline home phone service?

Breezeline home phone service is good if you need it. It works over your internet connection, and you will enjoy clear reception and familiar features like three-way calling, voicemail, and call-waiting. You can use your own handset too.

The monthly price isn’t bad, but there are a few downsides to know about. First, you need to subscribe to Breezeline internet to get a home phone plan—and that can get pricey. Second, you have to use Breezeline’s internet gateway to get home phone service, and that can cost another $17.99 per month after promotional pricing expires. Third, your home phone won’t work if there’s a power or internet outage in your area.

If you’re OK with those cons and you can’t get a good mobile phone signal in your area, the Breezeline home phone service may be right for you.

Let’s get into it.

Breezeline home phone plans

Breezeline offers one digital home phone plan, which costs $19.99 per month on top of your internet service.

You get unlimited local and long-distance calling from your home phone to the U.S., Canada, and Puerto Rico. Other international calls are billed at an additional per-minute rate.

The service includes a Breezeline phone modem plus 16 calling features, including the following:

  • Call-waiting
  • Three-way calling
  • Voicemail
  • Breezeline Home Phone Manager

You will need to have your own landline phone or handset to use the service. If you want your phone service to work in case of a power outage, you’ll need to buy your own battery backup.

If there’s an internet outage, your home phone won’t work.

Breezeline home phone plans

PlanIncluded servicesPrice
Unlimited Home PhoneLocal and long-distance calls in the U.S. Canada, and Puerto Rico$19.99/mo.

My verdict on home phone plans

Breezeline home phone service may be a good choice if you don’t have good cell phone coverage where you live. Prices are comparable to what you would pay for competing VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) systems, and you don’t have to buy extra equipment for the basic service. And unlike traditional phones, you won’t see a bunch of extra fees added to your bill.

If you can get good cell phone service where you live, though, I recommend choosing a mobile phone plan from Breezeline or another provider. That way, you can sign into your Wi-Fi network to save on mobile data. You can also keep your phone charged so it will work in case of a power outage.

Best yet, Breezeline mobile phones work during internet outages because they piggyback on the Reach network via an MVNE (mobile virtual network enablement) deal with AT&T.

If you’re hesitant about switching over to mobile, I get it! My recommendations for mobile plans for seniors may help.

Breezeline home phone FAQ

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