Home Phone Features

Wire Care

Wire Care is included with all Primus Traditional Home Phone lines. This plan covers the inside wiring and jacks for normal use or accidental damage and includes any related fees associated with the technician’s visit.

Conference (3 Way) Calling

Need to make plans with more than one friend at the same time? Want to stay in touch with a few family members or business colleagues in different locations? It's easy with Conference Calling.

Calls made to long distance numbers are subject to long distance charges.

Call Display

With Primus Call Display, you'll see who's calling before you answer the phone. Screen your calls, avoid interruptions, or ignore unwanted calls completely – you decide! Incoming callers who use Call Display Blocking will be displayed as “Private Name/Private Number”.

Call Display Blocking

For greater privacy and security, you can use Primus Call Display Blocking to block the delivery of your name and phone number on a per call basis. If the person you have called subscribes to Call Display, your call will be identified as “Private Name/Private Number”.

Call Forwarding

No matter where life takes you, you can always be reached when you want to. Primus Call Forwarding directs your incoming calls to any phone you designate. So you can receive calls made to your home phone at the cottage, at work, on the road, or anywhere else††

††Customer is responsible for toll charges.

Call Screening

Call Screening will help prevent you from receiving repeated, annoying phone calls. Callers on your call screen list will hear a polite voice message that you are not accepting calls right now. You can easily turn Call Screening on and off and add or delete numbers from your list at any time.

Call Waiting

With Call Waiting, you'll never have to miss an important call because you're on the phone – you'll know when another caller is trying to reach you. And your callers won't hear a busy signal.

Visual Call Waiting

Visual Call Waiting lets you see the name and number of a waiting call, so that you will always know who is calling before you decide to interrupt your first call to connect to the second.

Voice Mail

Primus Voice Mail gives you more control over your phone service by providing a wide range of Voice Mail and call handling capabilities.

Deluxe Voice Mail with Extension Mailboxes

Deluxe Voice Mail offers all the features of Voice Mail as well as the ability to screen messages while they’re being left, create up to three additional mailboxes for more privacy and store up to 50 messages.

Last Call Return

Last call return allows you to retrieve the phone number of the last person who called. This feature can be used whether you answered the last call, or it was missed.

Alternate Number Ringing

Have a fax machine? Need a business line? Have a teenager that wants his or her own line? With Primus Alternate Number, you can assign up to two additional telephone numbers* – each with its own unique ring – to your existing line. This feature is also often known as Ident–A–Call or Distinct Ring.

Even though you may have up to three telephone numbers, you still only have one line.

*$5/month extra per alternate number.