costs of landlines in North cyprus

Pipie


Joined: 05/01/2008
Posts: 5499

Message Posted:
05/07/2009 02:21

Could any one tell me where I apply for a phone landline and costs please ?

fire starter


Joined: 19/06/2008
Posts: 3401

Message Posted:
05/07/2009 08:04

there is a phone office opposite the law courts in girne where we pay our bill, you could try there.

as for current costs i'm not sure as we got ours a long time ago and tc friends got it sorted for us.

you may need to go to the big office in lefkosa, but i would try girne first as they speak better english!

smithy


Joined: 17/07/2008
Posts: 5301

Message Posted:
05/07/2009 08:07

I filled in the appropriate forms when I applied over 3 years ago and I,m still waiting, maybe in your area you might have better luck, although I have the GAU Residency behind me and they are connected, they tell me they have no more lines here

sheila

rsalih


Joined: 01/11/2008
Posts: 306

Message Posted:
05/07/2009 08:42

hi. if you dial 163 from a land line you will get all the costs etc, press 9 for english. i have heard that we are getting wireless land lines soon.

fire starter


Joined: 19/06/2008
Posts: 3401

Message Posted:
05/07/2009 08:45

smithy is right, at the moment you can only get a phone line if there is space for you on the closest pole to your home.

if there is space it shouldn't take that long, take a tc friend to the office with you, that should speed it up a bit!

keithcaley



Joined: 13/06/2008
Posts: 2521

Message Posted:
05/07/2009 11:10

smithy,

with most things in TRNC, if you fill out a form, and then just 'leave it with them', you'll NEVER hear anything, ever again.

Whether it's your Avukat, the Plumber, PTP Office, or the Phone dept, CALL IN and talk to them at least once a week.

Make yourself known, joke with 'em, nag'em, flutter your eyelashes, whatever it takes - because if you don't, someone else sure as hell is doing just that, and getting attended to before you.

Don't telephone or email - they'll tell you a pack of lies over the phone, just to shut you up, and forget about you the instant that they put the phone down (or at least the instant someone comes though their door, eyelashes all a-quiver).

Almost no-one on this Island answers emails (well ok, maybe 0.5%), particularly if all they've got is no news or bad news - so it's just a complete waste of time. I've seen so many posts that say 'I emailed them last year, and I'm still waiting for a reply'...

Get yourself round there!

Keith.

TRNCVaughan


Joined: 27/04/2008
Posts: 4578

Message Posted:
05/07/2009 11:15

Landline phone calls are v.cheap in TRNC. Standing charge is a couple of TL a month.

Pipie


Joined: 05/01/2008
Posts: 5499

Message Posted:
05/07/2009 18:14

Thankyou every one for replys .

Pogle


Joined: 28/08/2008
Posts: 1536

Message Posted:
05/07/2009 22:10

We got one within 10 minutes of entering the office in Girne, we live in Lapta. It may help if you get someone who knows someone to help you, my mother did this and had no wait either.