Land line only - no deals to be found

J_B

We currently pay £27.30, but that includes line rental, inclusive landline calls (23.27) and 'voicemail with call protect' (4.03)

macman

It may be cheaper to take a line rental and broadband package, even if you don't use the broadband.
Landline only will effectively become obsolete in December 2025 as the phone side will be moved over from PSTN to IP network.

gt94sss2

J_B said:

We currently pay £27.30, but that includes line rental, inclusive landline calls (23.27) and 'voicemail with call protect' (4.03)

I thought Call Protect was free, so don't know you are paying for it.

J_B

macman said:

It may be cheaper to take a line rental and broadband package, even if you don't use the broadband.
Landline only will effectively become obsolete in December 2025 as the phone side will be moved over from PSTN to IP network.

I doubt our copper wire will become redundant in 2025. We are too remote for FTTC even though there are five houses within 400m. FTTP was going to cost £13k IIRC!

gt94sss2 said:

J_B said:

We currently pay £27.30, but that includes line rental, inclusive landline calls (23.27) and 'voicemail with call protect' (4.03)

I thought Call Protect was free, so don't know you are paying for it.

I think basic 1571 is free but ours is the one that we can leave a personalised message on.

macman

J_B said:

macman said:

It may be cheaper to take a line rental and broadband package, even if you don't use the broadband.
Landline only will effectively become obsolete in December 2025 as the phone side will be moved over from PSTN to IP network.

I doubt our copper wire will become redundant in 2025. We are too remote for FTTC even though there are five houses within 400m. FTTP was going to cost £13k IIRC!

gt94sss2 said:

J_B said:

We currently pay £27.30, but that includes line rental, inclusive landline calls (23.27) and 'voicemail with call protect' (4.03)

I thought Call Protect was free, so don't know you are paying for it.

I think basic 1571 is free but ours is the one that we can leave a personalised message on.

It won't. 95% of broadband services still come by copper wire from the cabinet. It's just PSTN that will go.

J_B

macman said:

J_B said:

macman said:

It may be cheaper to take a line rental and broadband package, even if you don't use the broadband.
Landline only will effectively become obsolete in December 2025 as the phone side will be moved over from PSTN to IP network.

I doubt our copper wire will become redundant in 2025. We are too remote for FTTC even though there are five houses within 400m. FTTP was going to cost £13k IIRC!

gt94sss2 said:

J_B said:

We currently pay £27.30, but that includes line rental, inclusive landline calls (23.27) and 'voicemail with call protect' (4.03)

I thought Call Protect was free, so don't know you are paying for it.

I think basic 1571 is free but ours is the one that we can leave a personalised message on.

It won't. 95% of broadband services still come by copper wire from the cabinet. It's just PSTN that will go.

Indeed, but our cabinet is over two miles away - we can only get 2Mbps on copper, but 30 with our WISP!