As I just read a thread over at ISPreview fora, the “free” Basic (lately renamed Starter) plans that we’ve enjoyed for many years will be with us no longer.
They are being withdrawn to be replaced by plans with a monthly subscription. It’s not clear yet what the new charges will be.
I’ve personally happily used Sipgate since 2012, over a wide variety of broadband and mobile internet connections, and indeed my wife and I have several Basic accounts with geographic numbers with them and have also ported numbers in as well.
Frankly given the present economic turmoil it wasn’t exactly a complete shock that the free service would have to end - but it does leave pause for thought as to whether to stick or jump now. I guess the new pricing regime will need to be revealed.
It's been almost a year since I started this thread, and to date I've still had no comms from Sipgate about any closure of my accounts with them for the Basic / Starter service.
I'm presuming other folks who are pre-existing clients of theirs on the same are similar. As such I've abandoned any plans to move away and happily still using the service .
Let me know if you've been asked to migrate and if so to, what, where and how.
Many thanks
I've had a Sipgate Basic account since June 2022. I'd been holding off adding a credit to it, because of the announced winding up of the scheme a year ago. Anyway, decided not to worry, and finally stick a Tenner on to it. Just tried it, filled in my Credit Card details in the online portal. Nothing happened, credit not added (nor any trace of a pending transaction on my Credit Card account portal).
So is it really still working or not. Incoming calls work, as does a 111 call (I only stayed on the line as far as 'This is NHS 111.....)