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Good home VoIP providers?

unsure03

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Hey, does anyone know any good home VoIP providers? Looking for unlimited minutes as I use over 1000 minutes a month on the landline. Just left BT and ported the number to AAISP to hold it in place until I find a new provider, but AAISP are too expensive for all the calls I make.

Any recommendations?

I’ve looked at freeola but they charge too much for too little.

also looking for an ISP (OR FTTP) that allows you to use your own router.
 

Ive had them for months... Very good platform to use with 2000 minutes every month
Includes International calls to some destinations too!
 
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I use A&A for inbound and freevoipdeal (PAYG) for outbound.
You said you use over 1000 minutes per month, is that calling landlines?
If you top up approx. £10 on Freevoipdeal, you get max 300 minutes per week of free calls for 120 days, measured over the last 7 days to landline destinations in the UK and 30+ other countries as well as free calls to mobiles in US and Canada . The calls to destinations not included in freedays is also quite reasonable, e.g. calls to UK mobiles at 1.2p per minute. Same if the 120 days are up or if you exceed the 300 minutes per week.
 
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I use A&A for inbound and freevoipdeal (PAYG) for outbound.
You said you use over 1000 minutes per month, is that calling landlines?
If you top up approx. £10 on Freevoipdeal, you get max 300 minutes per week of free calls for 120 days, measured over the last 7 days to landline destinations in the UK and 30+ other countries as well as free calls to mobiles in US and Canada . The calls to destinations not included in freedays is also quite reasonable, e.g. calls to UK mobiles at 1.2p per minute. Same if the 120 days are up or if you exceed the 300 minutes per week.
It’s mostly mobiles that get called. Ideally I just want a basic voip provider that gives me unlimited, but most providers seem to cater to just businesses.
 
have a look here
that shows a price comparison of various VoIP brands all provided through Dellmont (Freevoipdeal is just one of them). The cheapest deals at the moment are

Discountvoip charges 0.36p/min incl. VAT to UK mobiles https://www.discountvoip.co.uk/calling_rates/all#/#letter-U

Frynga charges 0.5p/min incl. VAT to UK mobiles

They obviously round up to the nearest pence on each call, so if you make a lot of calls of less than three minutes each it will turn out a little more expensive.

When looking at the price comparison tables watch out for "connection fee", there are a few providers which look cheap but when you include the connection fee, they are not.

Since all these providers are Prepay, you can always move to another one if you don't like the service or they hike their prices.

If you also make some landline calls, you might be able to find a provider with slightly more expensive mobile rates but freedays for landline, so effectively, you would only pay for calls to mobiles.
 
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It’s mostly mobiles that get called. Ideally I just want a basic voip provider that gives me unlimited, but most providers seem to cater to just businesses.
Could you use a mobile phone for outgoing calls, has to be the cheapest way to make hundreds of calls to other mobiles.
 
Could you use a mobile phone for outgoing calls, has to be the cheapest way to make hundreds of calls to other mobiles.
I prefer to use the landline, mobile signal is dreadful here on all networks and WiFi calling is unstable. I’ve been using my mobile for the past week whilst I try and sort something out and it has been horrendous with constant drop outs and call disconnects.
 
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I would not call that a landline.

Can someone take over from me. I am confused.
I’m talking about a VoIP landline. For example “Digital Voice”. There is a phone socket on the back of a router, and your calls go over the broadband network rather than PSTN.
 
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Ah. Terminology. A landline is just that a line that is run across land to a telephone exchange.

"Digital Voice", "Internet Calls" etc are VoIP although they are fixed by use of a router location to which you can then connect analogue (all) or digital equipment (BT). The generic term being used is Digital Voice.

We haven't really moved on in the last couple of years. As always its commercials winning over technology.

Cheapest UK voice option is still a Unlimited Calls and Text SIM from someone like ASDA.
  • Use a basic 4G cradle phone as a cordless handset. eg .
    Easyfone Prime-A6 Sim-Free Easy-to-Use 4G Mobile Phone for Seniors or equivalent just ensure it does VoLTE.
  • For corded phone or your own DECT Handsets use a basic VoLTE router such as the Alcatel HH71V1 (cheap on ebay) with a SIM that also has a small data allowance. VoLTE router can be positioned where the signal is best with extension wiring to phone(s).
However as you have poor 4G reception and appear to have already dumped the landline all you can do is compare the main VoIP suppliers and look at their T&C detail for your use pattern. Most have call plans based on business use.

My advice to others is that if your are likely to make a lot of calls, or i/c only, people should not simply dismiss the major players. VM and Sky include a DV line without cost/price and hence are ideal for incoming and low usage o/g on PAYG. BT may charge for their DV line but if you are going to consume minutes their 700 min package is competitive with VoIP providers. All the main players have fill your boots plans.

I think a lot more consideration is required before selecting a particular consumer voice technology.

Personally for seated outgoing calls I use a Yealink MP50 office phone which connects via Bluetooth to most 4G phones. The Yealink detects my iPhone 13 as soon as I am in the "office" which invariably then uses WIFI Calling.
 
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Thanks Meatball. I will hand over to you now. I was going to ask him why he did not use WiFi calling and his cellphone.

I'll watch but probably not say anything for a while
 
Ah. Terminology. A landline is just that a line that is run across land to a telephone exchange.

"Digital Voice", "Internet Calls" etc are VoIP although they are fixed by use of a router location to which you can then connect analogue (all) or digital equipment (BT). The generic term being used is Digital Voice.

We haven't really moved on in the last couple of years. As always its commercials winning over technology.

Cheapest UK voice option is still a Unlimited Calls and Text SIM from someone like ASDA.
  • Use a basic 4G cradle phone as a cordless handset. eg .
    Easyfone Prime-A6 Sim-Free Easy-to-Use 4G Mobile Phone for Seniors or equivalent just ensure it does VoLTE.
  • For corded phone or your own DECT Handsets use a basic VoLTE router such as the Alcatel HH71V1 (cheap on ebay) with small data allowance SIM. VoLTE router can be positioned where the signal is best with extension wiring to phone.
However as you have poor 4G reception and appear to have already dumped the landline all you can do is compare the main VoIP suppliers and look at their T&C detail for you use pattern. Most have call plans based on business use.

My advice to others is that if your are likely to make a lot of calls, or i/c only, people should not simply dismiss the major players. VM and Sky include a DV line without cost/price and hence are ideal for incoming and low usage o/g on PAYG. BT may charge for their DV line but if you are going to consume minutes their 750 min package is competitive with VoIP providers. All the main players have fill your boots plans.

I think a lot more consideration is required before selecting a particular consumer voice technology.

Personally for seated outgoing calls I use a Yealink MP50 office phone which connects via Bluetooth to any 4G phone. The Yealink detects my iPhone 13 as soon as I am in the "office" invariably using WIFI Calling.
I haven’t dumped a normal landline - I could get one from Now Broadband but I need something faster than the max 67Mbps they offer. It would also result in a new phone socket being installed, and there isn’t much point in doing that as it would mean I couldn’t use the ONT.
 
Why is your WiFi calling unstable? You have FTTP.
I don’t know the answer as to why, but I can agree with OP on this one. Across multiple devices and ISPs I have found that WiFi calling has been unstable (as is VoLTE, particularly on some networks)
 
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