Cheapest business phone line ?

Daz2009

I'm on a BT Business plan where the quarterly standing charge is £57 + vat.
I'm pretty much part-time these days and make only a handful of outgoing calls which I could just as well make from my mobile.
I'm looking to reduce all my overheads so what I need is the cheapest possible line rental + call diversion.

Are there any trustworthy alternatives to BT ?

Savvy_Sue

We use Virgin Media and pay a lot less than that, but don't use forwarding (although I'm sure that's available).

OneWickedSon

PlusNet Business are good, but you need to have one of their broadband products. They have a genuine business product and support team, which I've always found very good value for money.

There are a lot of telecoms dealers out there, though, if it's just line rentals and calls you are worried about. The company I work for is a dealer for one of the very best ones (IMO) in Scotland - but I'm not going name names here. Look around for companies offering £12-14 line rentals over 12 months (24 max) and who offer straightforward call package costs. BT, again, in my opinion, don't offer great value - some of their business plans are confusing and do not always represent the best value for money.

jhp

If you dont really need a landline but just want the benefit of a geographical number for incoming calls have a look at www.flextel.com where you can purchase a geographical number outright usually quite cheaply and divert direct to your mobile and pay 4p a minute for the incoming calls, but the beauty of it is you pay no line rental whatsoever.

ukjoel

Also have a look at ringcentral - we use them for fax but their phone deals are strong as well.

They can give you a geographic or non geographic number and it redirects to either your landline, pc using VOIP, or a mobile.

Very clever system for a lot less than line rental.

Daz2009

Thanks for all the replies.
I really need to keep the landline (and the number) for the simple reason I work in a dirty/noisy workshop and wouldn't be able to hear a mobile ringing nor would I have it on my person.I've had the same number for over 20 years so customers already know it.

I'll investigate some of your suggestions