VOIP Dial9, Gripcom others?

Hi all,

My Plusnet BB is coming to an end next week and want to move to Full fibre. I think it is either going to be Aquiss 550 (£32.50 a month) or Swish Fibre on 400mb (£33.33 a month)
I would like to keep my existing phone number so need to move this to a new voip provider.
Swish have option to port over for £10 a month with 500mins calls to landline and mobile (I was paying £6 something for evening calls on Plusnet).

Are there any other options out there with cheaper bundle that you can port a number over?

Thanks

In reply to a post by ady702:

Hi all,

My Plusnet BB is coming to an end next week and want to move to Full fibre. I think it is either going to be Aquiss 550 (£32.50 a month) or Swish Fibre on 400mb (£33.33 a month)
I would like to keep my existing phone number so need to move this to a new voip provider.
Swish have option to port over for £10 a month with 500mins calls to landline and mobile (I was paying £6 something for evening calls on Plusnet).

Are there any other options out there with cheaper bundle that you can port a number over?

Thanks

Do you "need" a calls package as part of your VoIP service?

Voipfone offer plans - https://www.voipfone.co.uk/plans/comparison (prices are + VAT)

Also Everyday VoIP - https://www.everydayvoip.uk/residential-plans/

Edited by CJT (Fri 19-May-23 19:48:15)

There are a few options:

1. Do you particularly want minimal change to routine and use the landline for both incoming and outgoing calls?
2. Move to a mobile phone plan for outgoing calls, keeping the landline for incoming only but move as many landline calls to mobile number when they occur?
3. Mixture of 1 & 2 focusing on cost savings but it requires a bit of "pain/re-education"
4. Do you really need a call plan with minutes?

In reply to a post by CJT:

Do you "need" a calls package as part of your VoIP service?

Voipfone offer plans - https://www.voipfone.co.uk/plans/comparison (prices are + VAT)

Also Everyday VoIP - https://www.everydayvoip.uk/residential-plans/

Not really but something like that Everyday 5.99 would be ideal. Plusnet was over £6 after the CPI back in April so that looks ideal for the odd calls out.
It's mainly for the parents as I barely use the phone.

In reply to a post by think26872:

There are a few options:

1. Do you particularly want minimal change to routine and use the landline for both incoming and outgoing calls?
2. Move to a mobile phone plan for outgoing calls, keeping the landline for incoming only but move as many landline calls to mobile number when they occur?
3. Mixture of 1 & 2 focusing on cost savings but it requires a bit of "pain/re-education"
4. Do you really need a call plan with minutes?

Yes to number 1, something I can move over and leave as is. The parents use the phone mainly evenings so some calls with minutes would be nice but not essential.

In reply to a post by ady702:

In reply to a post by think26872:

1. Do you particularly want minimal change to routine and use the landline for both incoming and outgoing calls?

Yes to number 1, something I can move over and leave as is. The parents use the phone mainly evenings so some calls with minutes would be nice but not essential.

Sorry can't really be much help there but I am sure others will have ideas.

If you want simplicity over flexibility probably sticking with ISP provided solutions is best but £10/month is very expensive.

A cheap VOIP will probably get you about 3000 minutes of mobile calls for £10 - more than enough for years for my usage.

Edited by think26872 (Fri 19-May-23 20:16:40)

Yeah £10 is abit rich for me!

£5 here is probably better but not sure if that includes mobile calls. Will have a look around and message them.

https://www.voipfone.co.uk/plans/comparison

In reply to a post by ady702:

My Plusnet BB is coming to an end next week and want to move to Full fibre.

You have left it far too late to have a smooth transition of switching to FTTP and having your former landline ported into a VoIP provider of your choice. You have a harsh choice of having no broadband service for a couple of weeks or Plusnet being your provider for both FTTP and Digital Voice.

It takes around a week to port a live landline over to VoIP which when it goes through will see your existing broadband service cut off. Assuming you have yet to place an order for FTTP, that could take a few weeks before an engineer is knocking on your door to do the install,

You can't port over a landline number once the service has ceased.

I suppose it might just be possible to extend your existing contract for another six weeks during which time FTTP could be installed; if it all goes well, the you start the ball rolling to move the landline over into VoIP. This will need to be a regular desktop or wireless phone. It might be possible to use the inbuilt ATA of the router but if not a VoIP enabled phone will be required.

Sounds like you may be going more for a hybrid option as you are considering Voipfone. Perhaps AA at <£2/month for keeping your number and another VOIP provider to complement for cheap outgoing calls could be considered? Or just use a cheap monthly sim in a mobile phone for outgoing calls.

There are pro/cons and you need the technical to get it all setup (and buy the appropriate hardware) but if you were setting up Voipfone anyway there isn't that much more to do.

The main issue with AA is you can't put a cap on monthly usage which scares me. Most VOIP providers are either PAYG or you can specify a monthly cap.

Suggest reading the other posts in the forum much useful information! Also worth reminding if you are going with an Altnet get it installed and working first (ideally without providing any landline contact number).

Then port your landline number to a VOIP provider and this should automatically cancel your old internet/voice. You are paying a bit more due to cross over but it is worth it.

It is what I will be doing when (if?) I ever get the chance (no altnets no BT FTTP)

Edited by think26872 (Fri 19-May-23 21:01:24)

There's a fairly new 'right to port' protocol. It's now possible to port a ceased number within the 31 days after the service is ceased. People can just do a normal port request and it'll be done within the usual couple of weeks.

Edited by sean2003 (Sat 20-May-23 17:08:04)