Couple of General Broadband/phone/ TVpackages questions

[silverfoxcc]

Can i have broadband from say Plusnet/Zen tc and keep my landline number ( bit confused over all the T=C in some deals)

If so what is the best deal seen anything from Free landline number to 16.50pm!!
And best freecall allowance, or do all do the 60mins and redial

If that is ok Could i then get my 'generic sky' and Sports Sky + TNT form any provider

I appreciate that they might want to give me the complere package (atm moment on a eye watering 134pm from sky) but i am sure that i saw an email that offered the sky 'generic' package got 36pm and the Sports ( as above) for 36pm min term 24 months

All suggestions welcomed as i can then bounce between the three big ones...

Oh and a mate has a piece of kit from Hong Kong that picks up all the sports channels and cost him 110 gbp but i have an idea that my be a bit of a risk taker He says it is ok as he uses his interent feed to watch it on the TV........

[Harpoon]

With the ongoing move by BT to retire the old analogue (PSTN) phone network, quite a lot of ISPs now only offer broadband without a phone line. Plusnet fit into this category.

If you want to keep your home phone number on a "new" Internet service (FTTC or FTTP), one option is to find an ISP that offers digital voice (eg BT)

https://www.bt.com/broadband/digital-voice

With that, you can plug your existing analogue phone into the Internet router, or replace the phones with digital phones which connect to your WiFi.

The other option is to "port" your home number to a separate VoIP provider and use them for voice calls. As an example, Vonage charge £6.99/month for 1000 minutes. You will again need a way to connect either your old phones to the VoIP service (often done using an ATA or Analogue Terminal Adapter) or get new phones which can connect directly to a VoIP provider. It looks like Vonage provide a pre-configured ATA as part of their package.

I've never used Vonage but just picked them as an example - no doubt other PHers will be able to recommend a provider they use.

https://www.vonageforhome.co.uk/plans/

The second option is obviously more complicated and possibly more expensive but it separates your phone service from the ISP and thus make it's easier to move around ISPs as deals / contracts allow.