Land Line - Switch To Digital

[#1]

HI All,

With my move to full fibre approaching my current landline will be no more.

I won't miss it to be honest as I use my mobile exclusively for making and receiving calls, in fact I don't even have a telephone plugged into my socket.

However there are a few services I use/have used that require you to have a landline, with this in mind I am thinking about maybe signing up to a digital/VoIP telephone provider for just those occasions.

So my question is who do people recommend/use for their digital telephone service? 

I have seen A&A mentioned?

Any thoughts, advice or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Cheers,

Derek

[#2]

@DerekW 

A&A at £15 fo the port and £1.44 is good value.

It appears you don't need to use a landline to call these services that need the number. As such you can set A&A to send all incoming calls to Voicemail and receive an email with the message.

Brian

[#3]

@bmc  A&A look promising.

I am thinking of getting a new number and not bothering with the porting process.

[#4]

I too would recommend A&A's VOIP service.  Depending on what those services that require a landline, do you need to keep the same number?  If not, then A&A can supply you a new number, which is cheaper than porting your own number in.  It may also be possible to replace the services that use the landline with versions that work over the internet on their own rather than via a phone.  If you post what those are, someone may be able to point you to ways around it.

Edit: You were typing a bit faster than me about the new number!

[#5]

@pjmarsh no worries 😊

I have just once company I deal with that insists I have a landline number listed in the account details, no biggy to change that to a new one.

Only had one or two others insist on a landline number in the past.

[#6]

@DerekW 

Out of interest have you tried your mobile number in the "landlne" box for the account details. I did that with PN when I gave up my landline.

Brian

[#7]

I've been using (other) VoIP since 2013, so already had a well tested setup, and knew what to expect.

In 2023 I migrated my landline number to A&A, the process was quick and painless, the connection instantly synchronised, and the service has been perfect ever since.

Other than faultless operation, comprehensive online guides, and being inexpensive,

the best feature is being emailed answerphone messages and recordings of ALL calls.

My only niggle, is that I wish they had some sort of blacklisting to block repeated SPAM marketers, but not many VoIP providers have that facility.

I would unreservedly recommend A&A VoIP,  my second choice would probably be Voipfone.

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[#8]

@bmc  That would be my normal default, input my mobile... This one company though 🙄

[#9]

What do they do for customer who now don't have a landline, or who only know about them from history books and old films.

[#10]

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@DerekW wrote:

@bmc  That would be my normal default, input my mobile... This one company though 🙄

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Time to change the company?

[#11]

Thought I would reply to this instead of starting a new topic...

I am in the process of ordering VOIP services from Andrews and Arnold and have got to the "payment" section and this is where I have stalled.

They have listed there bank details and are asking me to pay via bank transfer and then let them know before they will process my order - I am not comfortable with this.

Normally a company would use some kind of payment processor where you input your details etc. and take payment, this then offers you a level of protection.

Just sending your money via bank transfer offers you no protection.

Has anyone else used A&A and paid this way, via bank transfer?

[#12]

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@DerekW wrote:

Has anyone else used A&A and paid this way, via bank transfer?

Yes.  Although I was very slightly hesitant I went ahead and there were no problems at all.

I didn't need to let them know I'd paid, ISTR they let me know very quickly via email that I'd paid.

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[#13]

Interesting!

So no use to those who do not (for very good reasons) do on-line banking.  Does anyone know what's their reasons for not taking card payments?

[#14]

I expect that the credit card fee is nearly more than the money taken monthly for the line rental. Sure that it is x% of the bill or x amount per transaction, whichever is the greatest

[#15]

@Townman 

AFAIR there were alternative methods of payment, but which would add time to the processing of the order.  Paying by bank transfer meant the order was processed almost immediately.  They then use the bank details ascertained during sign-up to set up a direct debit (which I believe is compulsory).