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patrickgnl · 18th Dec 2021, 7:54 pm

I rarely use my landline, but as the number has been in the family for almost seventy years (and I get very few spam calls) I decided to keep it. But, I have Virgin Media Broadband and resented paying £20+ pm for a landline. So, a few years ago I switched the number to a paid VOIP service which costs me £6pm and is much more reliable than other ‘free’ VOIP services I have tried. I use a Gigaset VOIP system with wireless handsets, I also have VOIP app on my iphone. I have to say it all works very well, the Gigaset and router need an occasional reboot but other than that I am pleased with it and its saved me a lot of money….

18th Dec 2021, 7:54 pm	#28
patrickgnl Pentode Join Date: Jun 2016 Location: Stourbridge, West Midlands, UK. Posts: 115	Re: Old phones and the new BT INternet-only phonelines I rarely use my landline, but as the number has been in the family for almost seventy years (and I get very few spam calls) I decided to keep it. But, I have Virgin Media Broadband and resented paying £20+ pm for a landline. So, a few years ago I switched the number to a paid VOIP service which costs me £6pm and is much more reliable than other ‘free’ VOIP services I have tried. I use a Gigaset VOIP system with wireless handsets, I also have VOIP app on my iphone. I have to say it all works very well, the Gigaset and router need an occasional reboot but other than that I am pleased with it and its saved me a lot of money….