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Juliette100

I do rent. It’s a good flag. I guess I should ask his permission re this. 

potatocake67

gettingtheresometime said:

Rather than get a landline installed why not suggest getting a virtual landline ? 

We've got an internet based number which works off an app so theoretically so long as there's an internet signal you can answer / make calls & customers don't know the difference (you can geographical numbers) 

May even be cheaper & quicker to organise.

i can point you to the company we use but don't want to breach any advertising rules 

There is the issue of what happens if the internet goes down.  If it's a residential phone line/connection then it may take a while to fix it.  Business lines typically have a Service Level Agreement, which unsurprisingly, is a bit helpful if you're running a business/using it for business and want to minimize downtime.

gettingtheresometime

potatocake67 said:

gettingtheresometime said:

Rather than get a landline installed why not suggest getting a virtual landline ? 

We've got an internet based number which works off an app so theoretically so long as there's an internet signal you can answer / make calls & customers don't know the difference (you can geographical numbers) 

May even be cheaper & quicker to organise.

i can point you to the company we use but don't want to breach any advertising rules 

There is the issue of what happens if the internet goes down.  If it's a residential phone line/connection then it may take a while to fix it.  Business lines typically have a Service Level Agreement, which unsurprisingly, is a bit helpful if you're running a business/using it for business and want to minimize downtime.

This is very true but with it being internet based if your home internet goes down then you can decamp to somewhere there is an internet signal - we've occasionally been caught out when on holiday as we've not turned the out of hours service on!