Do I actually need my house phone now?

clive0510

Just renewed my broadband with vodafone and thats all fine. but now I'm just wondering do I actually need a house phone any more? I could just do away with it and tell everyone to call me on the mobile. would it save me much money if I got rid of it? do you use your house phone much these days?

Timalay

Our house still does yes, but each person is different. I moved over from Plusnet to EE to keep the phone line (the only option I had to avoid an early termination charge with Plusnet).

iniltous

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6670724/do-i-actually-need-my-house-phone-now

Asking others if they still use their ‘landline’ phone is a little pointless, it’s if you use your landline or not that should decide if its worthwhile keeping it or not , as far as will it save money , that depends on the ISP , Vodafone do charge less for broadband only , if you have taken telephony from VF it depends on which call plan you have taken how much it’s costs (and therefore how much you can save by removing it ) plus if you have recently renewed the telephony ( and are now outside the cooling off period ) you would need to check if you can cancel the telephone service and not get early termination charges.

FWIW , I kept my telephone service, but haven’t used it for an outgoing call for years , and it probably only ‘rings’ with an incoming call once a month , and even then probably it’s a sales call or a scammer , but as it’s relatively cheap , and to keep my 30+ year old phone number active for the odd relative/friend/ or important organisations (doctors, hospitals etc ) that may only have that landline number as a contact , for now I’m prepared to pay .

Jemma01

It's been yearssss since I saw a telephone at any home, my family, extended family, friends everyone uses their mobile phones. There was a time when we let the phone ring and no one answered because it was telemarketers. I pay £21 to virgin media for a broadband and £11 for o2 SIM only (very expensive for my rare use, will switch to PAYG)

Ms_Chocaholic

No we haven't had a landline for years but it doesn't mean that your broadband will be much cheaper if that's what u were thinking.

TadleyBaggie

Switched to full fibre around 2 years ago and ditched the landline. The only tricky thing was figuring out who still had the old landline number as primarily point of contact.

Neil_Jones

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6670724/do-i-actually-need-my-house-phone-now

Only you can answer the question whether you need your house phone or not.
You can port the number to VOIP which sends to your phone so any calls you get on the house line will come through to the mobile anyway.

flaneurs_lobster

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/82019717#Comment_82019717

OP was asking about savings, getting rid of the phone part of a broadband contract will save little or no money (other than the cost of calls) - setting up a VOIP service will certainly carry an extra ongoing monthly charge.

iniltous

The OP asked this

I'm just wondering do I actually need a house phone any more?

Caddyman

Not had a landline now for years. Currently with Plusnet on Fibre to the Premises (FTTP), who no longer provide landlines anyway. All calls at home done via WiFi calling or WhatsApp (free calls to anywhere) so it doesn’t even matter if you’ve got no mobile signal as calls go through your router anyway.

We’d never have a landline ever again. You’ll save a few quid not having a landline but as broadband prices increase each year anyway by £4 a year, if you’re financially savvy, you have to renegotiate every couple of years with your ISP or switch away. I switch every couple of years. Even easier now using One Touch Switching.

JSmithy45AD

We still have a landline as the wife has memory issues since a mini stroke and has never used a mobile previously, so no chance now. You get one regardless with Sky BB (presuming you plug a phone into the router) but if she goes first I'll dump it and then have the option of replacing the Sky router with a 3rd party one.

Edit: just realised in my case I can just plug in one of my Deco's directly to the ONT, which was my plan all along :(