Anyone moved home landline to voip / sip

[steveg]

I am looking to change my home broadband to fiber only, so will no longer have a landline. We currently have a cordless phone which my parents use in the annex and we can use to call between handsets. They would like to continue to use this and be able to make external calls.

 

Has anyone migrated their home phone to voip?

 

I was thinking of getting something like this https://www.amazon.co.uk/Adapter-Gateway-Internet-Telephone-Linksys-UK/dp/B07RY79RJY and using it with an sip provider initially to connect the current analogue phone. Later I would look at putting 3cx or similar in, then use this adapter to connect the current phone to that and add a few more ip phones that I have.

 

Is this likely to work? Anyone done it at home?

[pantscat]

Yep - I've done it in a similar way for an annex - only has CAT5 run to it and no BT cables - so put in a similar device (I think I used a Grandstream HT801) and it's been working perfectly.

[mcolbourn]

I migrate my land line number from Virgin Media to sipgate my wife still likes having a home based phone so I picked their basic option https://www.sipgatebasic.co.uk/?_ga=2.264253193.700066306.1650464138-897089153.1650464138 a few moths back. It cost me £30 to port my number in and a few forms to fill in. We are just on the PAYG plan may go for the 5.99 for 1000mins of land line calls package.

 

I got myself a https://www.yealink.com/product/voice-communication-w60p from eBay and its perfect. We have it setup so that we both get emailed copies of VM's etc which is nice. Plus I can always pretend I am calling from my home number and not my mobile etc.

[ZeroHour]

I am currently experimenting with Andrews & Arnold ISP VOIP right now, it does have a monthly but its very low starting at £1.20. So far it seems fine and the number we got (rather than port) is nice as well.

[mavhc]

Install freepbx, then route calls out via sip, and have internal calls via an app on your phone, whereas they can have a "real" phone

[Rob_D]

Does your new ISP provide IP phone functionality?

When we changed to FTTP internet with Box broadband, they had an offered a voip service if you wanted to keep a landline (we didn't bother).

[Davit2005]

My home phone was moved to a Cloud based VOIP provided by my ISP about 2-3 years ago. Normal phones and fax machines no longer work at home for me.

 

I still run a 3cx server at home and have my own SIP trunk which works, my ISP is not charging me any extra for the cloud VOIP but the calls are like 30p per minute to to family abroad where as on my 3cx and SIP trunk they work out 1.7p per minute. Plus I have much better control on my own 3cx. Unknown numbers get routed to virtual receptionist and to voicemail, known numbers passed direct to me.

 

The 3cx server runs as a VM on my NAS which I have on all the time anyway.

Edited April 20, 2022 by Davit2005

[MatthewL]

I have had various Vonage numbers over the years and its worked, I used to pay around £15 a month and I got my worth out the package at the time, now I don't use as often I wanted to keep my number so I ported it to Andrews & Arnold and costs me £1.20 a month. I have a 3CX server at home and app on my mobile so can use with that or direct on a app. I pay for my calls but they are minimal so very cost effective. I'm actually going to buy a couple of handsets to use/test with, no real need for it but handy if the mobile network goes down.

 

When the time comes with PlusNet to move my Dad's I will port the number to AAISP and link to my account and do it that way, probably look at the Gigaset N300 I think it is, allows PSTN but also SIP trunk on it.

[steveg]

Thanks all, good to know I can do exactly what I want and sounds like it will all work reliably.

[fiendishlyclever]

Another plug for SIPgate. We've not had a landline for years. We didn't port our number in but chose a new one (in fact you can choose which area code you want too, so I have a Derby and a Nottingham number)

 

We pay as you use for calls at just over 1p a minute and voicemail goes to email which is very handy

 

When I moved from Virgin to BT FTTP we didn't use their router which also meant not being able to use the supplied phone number and handset, but at 30p+ a minute we aren't missing it.

[Davit2005]

Another plug for SIPgate. We've not had a landline for years. We didn't port our number in but chose a new one (in fact you can choose which area code you want too, so I have a Derby and a Nottingham number)

 

We pay as you use for calls at just over 1p a minute and voicemail goes to email which is very handy

 

When I moved from Virgin to BT FTTP we didn't use their router which also meant not being able to use the supplied phone number and handset, but at 30p+ a minute we aren't missing it.

 

Yes I don't know how they justify 30p per/min for a call to Ireland on VOIP. Still cheaper than the 50p per/min of a normal landline before it but still a bit excessive INMO.

[Ditto]

Resurrecting an old thread... I've finally got around to starting to escape the stupid charges Sky charge to support a landline - which ultimate run on the same ISP network as ChatGPT for free! Relucantly I am sticking with landline for now, but have just purchased some Yealink devices before planing to switch to PlexaTalk. I reckon on saving £10 - £20 per month. The plan is to migrate the landline. Then Sky will probably be replaced for broadband and TV package, but we'll see. Apparently detaching the phone can cause the BB to be cancelled, so I'll be managing that one closely. Will let you all know how it goes and looks as though I ought to chec SIPGate to before signing on the dotted line, assuming 4 years has not flipped the world upside down. PlexaTalk should offer free number transfer and more than enough minutes for a tenner a month. Added benefit is we won't have to be super careful with daytime calls and going over 60 minutes - both of which are a money making scheme by Sky!

[MatthewL]

Do not port your number till your new internet is running as it will cancel it.  I have done 2 now where ported the number after the internet was swapped over with no issues.

[Ditto]

Hmm. I have been strongly advised to port but state categorically to the ISP (Sky) and the porting company not to cancel the broadband. My plan was get the phone working then look at getting my internet and TV and subscriptions sorted after. I will speak to Sky before hand. They could possibly be selected again, but the crumby streaming Puck will have to go, no phone option and charges drop a fair amount. I have heard the theory that as the 'phone' is bundled with the broadband so you cant just cancel the phone, in which case I will heed your advice.

 

Just to be clear, are you saying if I port first and then cancel Sky, they will kill the successful number port? I know portability is a legal right, but these ISPs do have a habit of screwing things up!

[MatthewL]

If your ISP will allow you can do a port and renumber request.

 

In my situation I moved a FTTC to FTTP, as part of that they offered no voice, so I let them do the FTTP install which effectively cancels the number and on the same day put the port request in (the number is held for a week I believe) and it moved it over.  I had a little downtime as the coppper line was taken out but the other circuit I had didn't take it out and the number remained live until sucessful port.

 

I am about to do another but I will be having the FTTP intalled from a different ISP I will then cancel the other service and do the port at the same time on that one.