Phone advice
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t400ble

Original Poster:

1,804 posts

137 months

Friday 18th February 2022
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Morning all
Buisness, with Covid has changed and im left sat in an office on my own paying £191 plus vat for a phone line, internet and a phone system I dont use!
The phone is mainly now left on divert to my mobile
What would be a better option for me?

Any advice?

Thank you

Paul


nunners

97 posts

177 months

Monday 21st February 2022
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Hi Paul - I have sent you a DM

Thanks Matt

Tyre Smoke

23,018 posts

277 months

Monday 21st February 2022
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Are you out of Contract?

Look at a voip phone. Get a router that takes a sim card, then either a contract or payg data sim. Means you can take it anywhere.


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2,580 posts

153 months

Monday 21st February 2022
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I have a faux-landline with Twilio - it costs me fractions of pennies, rings my my mobile. Recommended on PH a long time ago and no idea how it's so cheap compared to the more recent subscription models since VOIP took off. I don't think you can import UK numbers so would only work with a new number.

I also had a BT business landline and switched to an EE unlimited data business SIM and transferred the landline into a 'pocket landline' with them (BT didn't offer this, but EE did even though broadly same firm).

It's £10 a month for the divert, which I know is more than some VOIP providers but we're a company of 30 years (and not my company) so felt safer sticking with a known brand after reading some horror stories of lost landline numbers (although BT just lost my uncle's company landline). Got the sim when on offer so a great combined price.

Unlimited data tethering too so used as office internet. Brought a slight problem when I had a part-time girl in the office as she only had internet when I was there, but EE added another SIM for £5pcm - they do seem to look after business customers even small business.