Should I ditch my Landline Now or Later?

ThatITGuy2023

I have been told by my ISP Plusnet Broadband and Phone that they will be moving me to EE.

I have 30 Days to decide.

If I go with EE then the phone has to be plugged in to the back of the EE hub this would not be very practical since the router is in in the spare room upstairs next my bedroom where I have my PC.

Also does EE give you a Phone along with the new EE Hub?

My old phone is a Panasonic with a built in answering machine I don't know if it would work with the hub. I have a Cell Phone pay as you go that can be used.

So should I get just get rid of the landline now?

Thoughts Please thanks.

flaneurs_lobster

The obvious question is how much use is made of the current landline?

Then consider if such use can be replicated at a similar or lesser cost by other means (usually involving a mobile phone).

Brie

EE didn't give us a new phone or even discuss that as an option. They did give us something extra to plug into the hub. Problem is that neither of us is able to set up the hub (mobility) so have been without a landline since about March. I've not missed getting all those lovely phone calls about my computer having a virus or that I've supposedly spent $5k in California. I did have someone send me an email yesterday mentioning that they had left a voicemail so I guess the number still works - no idea where the voice mail is as there's no connection to anything in our home.

The phone companies are supposed to provide a mobile for those customers who are vulnerable so they have a way to call someone should the internet go down and they have an emergency.

molerat

Problem is that neither of us is able to set up the hub (mobility) so have been without a landline since about March

Not capable of plugging the phone into the back of the hub ?

vacheron

EE may be willing to relocate the incoming point for the cable to move your router.

Also if you buy / have a cordless phone pair as long as the main base station is near the router, the rest can be anywhere.

Primary question though is would you miss it? We haven't had a land line for almost 14 years. It was more of an inconvenience than a convenience to be honest!

Brie

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/82038319#Comment_82038319

Can't get down on our knees to take the old hub out of the cupboard and put the new one in. The old hub is still working just fine and we haven't really missed the phone until yesterday so it's not been a priority. EE would do the swap for us, I was told, but would charge us something like £75 for the privilege.

iniltous

BT were the only company that provided a DV cordless phone for the first tranche of customers converting to Digital Voice , it was never necessary to provide this , as any ordinary corded phone can connect to the hub socket (it’s a standard phone cord socket on the router ) every other provider doesn’t offer any extra kit , you just connect your existing phone to the router , even if that moves the phone to a different location

BT then changed and offered a free DV adapter (if you requested one) it is basically a mains powered DECT unit that you plugged your existing phone cord into , it then connects using DECT to the router so those that complained their corded phone was in a different room to the router had no reason to complain anymore , they could continue to use it provided a mains socket was nearby.

EE will (apparently) do the same as BT and supply a DV adapter if their customer requests one , but again they are not really necessary, and DECT cordless phone can be connected to the router remotely without a DV adapter it’s only corded phones in a different room that really benefit, and an existing DECT basestation can be connected to the hub and the remote phones from that DECT basestation work exactly as they do now .

As far as should the OP use this ‘change’ to get rid of the landline completely, that’s up to them and depends on how much (or how little) they use the landline phone …for many if the landline hardly ever gets used removing it is obviously the thing to do.

ThatITGuy2023

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/82038242#Comment_82038242

Landline is not used much to be honest.

JSmithy45AD

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/82038413#Comment_82038413

Then I'm not sure what the purpose of the thread is?

Clive_Woody

We have multiple "home" phones, we simply plug the main base unit into the EE hub then the rest of the phones just need a power supply.

We did also get an Alexa handset from BT/EE when we first switched away from copper lines - effectively we appear to have two incoming/outgoing lines (same phone number) because if my wife is using the phone we can still receive calls on the other handset (some kind of magical sorcery I assume).

My wife is disabled and spends most days at home so a landline is important as mobile reception is not so great where we live and she talks with her mum for many hours every day.

EssexExile

EE gave me a gadget that plugs into a power socket anywhere and my Panasonic cordless phone with answerphone plugs into that. Nothing plugged into the hub.

Having said that, I'm ditching the landline when it comes up for renewal as I hardly ever use it.