Phone & broadband for elderly relative

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littleboo said:

To add to the above, if you ported the number to Andrews and Arnold, and I'm sure with others too, you can set the call to be immediately answered by a custom voicemail message, advising the caller to redial using a new number

Or, use a VOIP client on a smartphone to receive the incoming calls from the ported number

I use the Andrews/Arnold VOIP phone plan and have it set to ring my long standing  landline number which I ported to Andrews/Arnold .... ( I use an old type cordless DECT phone connected to VOIP via my router) ... and Andrews/Arnold send a voice message to my mobile phone that the callers to my landline number are invited to leave.

An alternative is just to have them divert the call directly to a mobile phone (you pay the cost of the diverted part of the call if you take this option).