VoIP / landline providers
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Just get rid of landlines and move everything over to mobiles.
Agreed but likes of us live in poor mobile reception areas which can be an issue at times.
I agree about the losing internet aspect, so I have done a few things to cover that. I have a UPS for mine, which helps in the event of a power failure. However, I have two lines so it should help in an outage here (FTTP / FTTC)
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I didn't think there was poor reception areas in the UK any more, yeh I guess a landline may be required. What's the net connection like in these areas now?
I also live in an area with poor mobile coverage, so it's not an option. Its one advantage to living in the middle of nowhere
I do have 1Gb FTTP and an FTTC connection though.
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I also live in an area with poor mobile coverage, so it's not an option. Its one advantage to living in the middle of nowhere
I do have 1Gb FTTP and an FTTC connection though.
I wouldn't bother with a landline then if you can get a connection that fast. Most providers do WiFi calling now so wouldn't be a problem on a 1Gb connection.
I moved my landline from BT to AAISP (VoIP) last year, even an FTTC connection is more than fast enough for a VoIP line if set up correctly.
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voip runs on 2mb lines if it's not been saturated.
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More on the business side of things, but at work BT has been moving most of our branches in Central London to digital lines, sending the latest BT business Smart Hub with the 4G backup, as well as a Yealink W73O DECT IP Phone, and according to the accountant, free of charge. Most of these places are still on ADSL (no FTTC or any altnet presence, coverage here is patchy) and so far seems to be working fine.
But one branch recently had OR FTTC enabled and BT upgraded it to that with no change to monthly costs too. Weird timing since we jumped straight on with G.Network as soon as they went live, and was planning to downgrade the BT package to phone only on renewal. Now the bosses aren't so sure
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But one branch recently had OR FTTC enabled and BT upgraded it to that with no change to monthly costs too. Weird timing since we jumped straight on with G.Network as soon as they went live, and was planning to downgrade the BT package to phone only on renewal. Now the bosses aren't so sure
.Once a number is ported to AA, is it just a monthly £1.73 fee?
Looked at Voipfone but works out as £1.80 a month for Flex plan and £3.00 ( total £5.40 with VAT) for a number ported over. So that £3.60 odd extra could go on calls with AA.
Looked at Voipfone but works out as £1.80 a month for Flex plan and £3.00 ( total £5.40 with VAT) for a number ported over. So that £3.60 odd extra could go on calls with AA.
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I'm paying a huge £1.44 / month for my number I ported into AA
Thats what i said but added vat on top of vat
I think there was a slight price increase recently, still a bargain though if you only want to maintain a line for inbound calls. Probably best looking elsewhere if you want to make hundreds of minutes of calls each month, but that's what mobile plans are for.
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I'm thinking of ditching the landline, not sure why I still have it tbh, I only get calls on it from my mum and spam callers.
Oh now I remember why I still have it, I was with three and their signal pretty much disappeared as soon as I walked in the front door
Different provider and free minutes make it a bit pointless now.
Oh now I remember why I still have it, I was with three and their signal pretty much disappeared as soon as I walked in the front door
Different provider and free minutes make it a bit pointless now.
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If your phone supports WiFi calling then it won't need to depend on the signal. Dad is also with 3, almost no signal at home but thanks to WiFi he can still call with it.Oh now I remember why I still have it, I was with three and their signal pretty much disappeared as soon as I walked in the front door
There’s loads of places that have issues depending on the demand on the nearest towers. The more bandwidth being used on the tower, the smaller the signal radius. So phones jump from one tower to another all the time.
I get full signal in my house but at certain times of day, I’m lucky to get 2mins of call without audio disruption. Sometimes compete call failure. Wi-Fi calling helps but doesn’t solve it.
It’s not something you’d notice if you were passing through or waking down the street, but there are spots like this all over.
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