reduce phone costs on the following set-up?

Dagobert

Apologies for the unspecific subject line.

I have been using via the cheapest call-through and indirect access providers for years. However, the VOIP world has compeltely passed me by and I am not sure how suitable that would be in my set-up anyway.

Set-up

• 2 phone-lines BT Option 1 @ £10.50
• unmetered dial-up via 2nd phone-line - I am virtually always-on
• no availability of DSL
• I might get satellite broadband
• registered with Primus + various indirect access providers

Requirements

• line rental via BT
• I don't want to be tethered to the PC when making calls. I use an analogue walk-about phone with head-phones.
• no Windows software download - I run Linux.

Types of Call

• UK landline, daytime
• Germany, anytime, to people with analogue phones, some of whom have an internet connection and others who don't

Current cost of calls: £110 per annum (excluding line rental and internet). Foreign calls might increase.

Yesterday, I detected https://www.nonoh.net, which allows free calls to some countries without sign-up. Surely, there must be a limit? Are there other providers like that.

I would appreciate any tips to cut down further on my phone-costs. I am not seeking any advice on broadband as I am aware of all my possibilities or the lack of.

jhp

Dagobert wrote: »

Yesterday, I detected www.nonoh.net, which allows free calls to some countries without sign-up. Surely, there must be a limit?

To use it properly you have to sign up and buy credit.

See: http://www.nonoh.net/en/free.html

"Fair Use and Restrictions

New users can try Nonoh out for free for a total of 60 minutes. During this trial period you can only call the destinations marked as free. Register your account by buying credit in order to extend your free calls. "

Dagobert

jhp wrote: »

To use it properly you have to sign up and buy credit.

How much does the top-up cost?