Mobile Landline
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I'm looking to have a landline for my business however I'm normally out and about so would need it to go to my mobile.
I have a spare phone so I'm quite happy for it to go to that if necessary (so I can distinguish between what calls are going to the landline and which aren't, my work phone is also my personal phone)
Theres so many services doing this and that with words and abbreviations I don't understand and charges that make no sense to me.
If possible it would be useful to go to 2 mobiles (mine and my partners) however this is not essential.
Can anyone shed light on what I'm actually looking for or who they have used?
I have a spare phone so I'm quite happy for it to go to that if necessary (so I can distinguish between what calls are going to the landline and which aren't, my work phone is also my personal phone)
Theres so many services doing this and that with words and abbreviations I don't understand and charges that make no sense to me.
If possible it would be useful to go to 2 mobiles (mine and my partners) however this is not essential.
Can anyone shed light on what I'm actually looking for or who they have used?
There are a raft of cheap VOIP (voice over internet protocol) providers now. They provide what appears to be a local landline number on your local exchange. You select the 'free' local number you want when you sign up. You'll have to confirm it by letter/login to be 999 compliant.
If you don't want a 'local' number, but say, a London number, you can take your pick.
The number will have optional voicemail, and call divert, cheap call rates and so on.
You can use the 'line' in several ways, just divert incoming calls to your mobile, or use an app on the mobile like 3CX if you want to make outgoing calls, or plug a desktop VOIP phone into your network switch or broadband router, or all three. All of the options are selected from a web page.
The desktop phones function exactly like a POTS phone ( plain old telephone system) but configuration needs some patience and a nearby ethernet socket and mains socket. All the providers have set-up guides.
The mobile apps are OK to use but can use a lot of battery power.
There are a stack of providers. Soho66 are very good, but there's a small monthly charge. (£3) Sipgate Basic are pure PAYG, so you can get going for tenner top-up, wait for the acknowledgement letter and then you're live. Sipgate 'Home and Office' have a lot more 'business' facilities if you need them
The first step is to take your fiver/tenner and sign up with a VOIP provider, get the local number, then decide how you want to access it.
VOIP desktop phones like the Grandstream series are about £35 (Amazon) , the 3CX app is free, call divert to mobile costs you a standard rate. There's plenty of help on here, once you've got the number allocated.
soho66
http://soho66.co.uk/
Sipgate Basic
https://www.sipgatebasic.co.uk/
VOIP Desktop phone:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Grandstream-1610-line-Acc...
If you don't want a 'local' number, but say, a London number, you can take your pick.
The number will have optional voicemail, and call divert, cheap call rates and so on.
You can use the 'line' in several ways, just divert incoming calls to your mobile, or use an app on the mobile like 3CX if you want to make outgoing calls, or plug a desktop VOIP phone into your network switch or broadband router, or all three. All of the options are selected from a web page.
The desktop phones function exactly like a POTS phone ( plain old telephone system) but configuration needs some patience and a nearby ethernet socket and mains socket. All the providers have set-up guides.
The mobile apps are OK to use but can use a lot of battery power.
There are a stack of providers. Soho66 are very good, but there's a small monthly charge. (£3) Sipgate Basic are pure PAYG, so you can get going for tenner top-up, wait for the acknowledgement letter and then you're live. Sipgate 'Home and Office' have a lot more 'business' facilities if you need them
The first step is to take your fiver/tenner and sign up with a VOIP provider, get the local number, then decide how you want to access it.
VOIP desktop phones like the Grandstream series are about £35 (Amazon) , the 3CX app is free, call divert to mobile costs you a standard rate. There's plenty of help on here, once you've got the number allocated.
soho66
http://soho66.co.uk/
Sipgate Basic
https://www.sipgatebasic.co.uk/
VOIP Desktop phone:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Grandstream-1610-line-Acc...
Just go to Telecoms World, book a regional landline number / or a national number; and you get a dashboard to control the number... have it permanantly forward to your mobile - or forward after hours; whatever you like. It works perfectly.
https://www.telecomsworldplc.co.uk/
https://www.telecomsworldplc.co.uk/
If you are on / move to Vodafone then you can sign up for One.net Express for £10 a month. Not only do you get incoming landline calls at no forwarding cost; you also can choose to have the landline as your outbound caller id.
I’ve used it for years, works very well. You can have multiple landline numbers and - if you grow - can set up a “virtual pbx” with hunt groups and the like.
I’ve used voip providers also. Without naming names (large ones however) I wouldn’t do it again. I have also used SIP trunks to a hosted Asterisk box which did work fine. Mobile VOIP (IME) sucks big time.
I’ve used it for years, works very well. You can have multiple landline numbers and - if you grow - can set up a “virtual pbx” with hunt groups and the like.
I’ve used voip providers also. Without naming names (large ones however) I wouldn’t do it again. I have also used SIP trunks to a hosted Asterisk box which did work fine. Mobile VOIP (IME) sucks big time.
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