Phone consumers wary of switching

CONSUMERS are wary of switching phone companies to get cheaper calls after Smart Telecom last year pulled the plug on 40,000 subscribers.

The findings came in a consumer survey by the Government’s phones watchdog, ComReg, after Smart quit the home phone business.

Smart had run up massive debts with Eircom for using the former State-owned firm’s network of phone lines, forcing thousands of subscribers to find a new phone company.