I am leaving my current internet provider, therefor am losing my
landline anytime call option. Who is the best value in price and service
to provide me anytime calls in future please?

Broadback wrote:

I am leaving my current internet provider, therefor am losing my
landline anytime call option. Who is the best value in price and service
to provide me anytime calls in future please?

It depends very much on your call pattern, but BT and 18185 works
well for me. My mobile PAYG on 3 is also competitive.

Chris
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On 25/02/2020 09:58, Broadback wrote:
I am leaving my current internet provider, therefor am losing my
landline anytime call option. Who is the best value in price and service
to provide me anytime calls in future please?

Now broadband which is part of Sky i think seem cheapest for anytime
calls, if available in your area.

On 25/02/2020 09:58, Broadback wrote:
I am leaving my current internet provider, therefor am losing my
landline anytime call option. Who is the best value in price and service
to provide me anytime calls in future please?

Which are you leaving, and what were you paying?

Do you need anytime for just national calls?

Do you make lots of calls to Mobile or International numbers?

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On Tue, 25 Feb 2020 13:49:18 +0000, John Rumm wrote:

I am leaving my current internet provider, therefor am losing my
landline anytime call option.

Which are you leaving, and what were you paying?

I'm trying to work out why changing ISP affects landline call
packages. Unless on a Virgin or possibly an LLU line.

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Dave.

On 25/02/2020 14:02, Dave Liquorice wrote:
On Tue, 25 Feb 2020 13:49:18 +0000, John Rumm wrote:

I am leaving my current internet provider, therefor am losing my
landline anytime call option.

Which are you leaving, and what were you paying?

I'm trying to work out why changing ISP affects landline call
packages. Unless on a Virgin or possibly an LLU line.

I am leaving Plusnet because they have discontinued the Chat option,
which makes it difficult for me to communicate with them. The ISP of my
choice does not offer phone call packages.

Is the now part of bt bug finally biting them?
Brian

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On 25/02/2020 14:02, Dave Liquorice wrote:
On Tue, 25 Feb 2020 13:49:18 +0000, John Rumm wrote:

I am leaving my current internet provider, therefor am losing my
landline anytime call option.

Which are you leaving, and what were you paying?

I'm trying to work out why changing ISP affects landline call
packages. Unless on a Virgin or possibly an LLU line.

I am leaving Plusnet because they have discontinued the Chat option, which
makes it difficult for me to communicate with them. The ISP of my choice
does not offer phone call packages.

On 25/02/2020 14:17, Broadback wrote:
On 25/02/2020 14:02, Dave Liquorice wrote:
On Tue, 25 Feb 2020 13:49:18 +0000, John Rumm wrote:

I am leaving my current internet provider, therefor am losing my
landline anytime call option.

Which are you leaving, and what were you paying?

I'm trying to work out why changing ISP affects landline call
packages. Unless on a Virgin or possibly an LLU line.

I am leaving Plusnet because they have discontinued the Chat option,
which makes it difficult for me to communicate with them. The ISP of my
choice does not offer phone call packages.

Have a look at IDNet - Decent ISP who do broadband and phone packages -
small enough company you can normally get through on the phone quickly,
talk to the same people each time, and they will answer tech stuff by email.

https://www.idnet.net/voice_products...l_packages.php


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On 26/02/2020 13:43, John Rumm wrote:
On 25/02/2020 14:17, Broadback wrote:
On 25/02/2020 14:02, Dave Liquorice wrote:
On Tue, 25 Feb 2020 13:49:18 +0000, John Rumm wrote:

I am leaving my current internet provider, therefor am losing my
landline anytime call option.

Which are you leaving, and what were you paying?

I'm trying to work out why changing ISP affects landline call
packages. Unless on a Virgin or possibly an LLU line.

I am leaving Plusnet because they have discontinued the Chat option,
which makes it difficult for me to communicate with them. The ISP of
my choice does not offer phone call packages.

Have a look at IDNet - Decent ISP who do broadband and phone packages -
small enough company you can normally get through on the phone quickly,
talk to the same people each time, and they will answer tech stuff by
email.

https://www.idnet.net/voice_products...l_packages.php


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Dave Liquorice wrote:
On Tue, 25 Feb 2020 13:49:18 +0000, John Rumm wrote:

I am leaving my current internet provider, therefor am losing my
landline anytime call option.

Which are you leaving, and what were you paying?

I'm trying to work out why changing ISP affects landline call
packages. Unless on a Virgin or possibly an LLU line.

Most packages these days are broadband and landline combined.
You can still take BB and landline separately, but those are becoming
increasingly relegated to a hidden corner of the provider's website.

To the OP: it might be worth considering VOIP.
Cheap calls, and no need for 'subscriptions' or 'packages'.
For example, if you don't call a lot 1p/min could work out cheaper than 10
pounds a month for 'unlimited' calls.

Theo

Yres, and to be fair to Virgin the anytime call package is reasonable, its
the broadband to existing customers vs the new customer rate that ****es me
off, if they just did not offer as big a discount and gave a bit more back
to the people who are loyal it would improve their brownie points no end.

Brian

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On Tue, 25 Feb 2020 13:49:18 +0000, John Rumm wrote:

I am leaving my current internet provider, therefor am losing my
landline anytime call option.

Which are you leaving, and what were you paying?

I'm trying to work out why changing ISP affects landline call
packages. Unless on a Virgin or possibly an LLU line.

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Brian Gaff (Sofa 2) wrote on 25/02/2020 :
Yres, and to be fair to Virgin the anytime call package is reasonable, its
the broadband to existing customers vs the new customer rate that ****es me
off, if they just did not offer as big a discount and gave a bit more back to
the people who are loyal it would improve their brownie points no end.

Come end of contract time it is always worth checking out the
competitions offers, noting some of the better offers and then ringing
your present providers 'retentions' dept..

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Harry Bloomfield wrote:
Brian Gaff (Sofa 2) wrote on 25/02/2020 :
Yres, and to be fair to Virgin the anytime call package is reasonable,
its the broadband to existing customers vs the new customer rate that
****es me off, if they just did not offer as big a discount and gave
a bit more back to the people who are loyal it would improve their
brownie points no end.

Come end of contract time it is always worth checking out the
competitions offers, noting some of the better offers and then ringing
your present providers 'retentions' dept..

Just done this with BT and had my monthly bill reduced dramatically.
Without the faff and uncertainty of changing supplier, as I'm very happy
with BT otherwise.

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On 25/02/2020 14:02, Dave Liquorice wrote:
On Tue, 25 Feb 2020 13:49:18 +0000, John Rumm wrote:

I am leaving my current internet provider, therefor am losing my
landline anytime call option.

Which are you leaving, and what were you paying?

More importantly what is your overall usage profile.
The question is otherwise "How long is a piece of string?"

I'm trying to work out why changing ISP affects landline call
packages. Unless on a Virgin or possibly an LLU line.

Because you can get a bundled deal if you put your landline rental,
phone and internet service and mobile phone all with the same provider.
Typically you get extra data or minutes on the mobile contract.

Choosing the optimum contract combo is actually quite a challenge - you
should slightly overrun contract minutes every now and then. Most people
have too many contract minutes and an infinite number of texts allowed.

If you split everything up you have three bills for landline rental to
BT, internet & phone to ISP and a mobile bill and pay more for less.

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After serious thinking Martin Brown wrote :
If you split everything up you have three bills for landline rental to BT,
internet & phone to ISP and a mobile bill and pay more for less.

Exactly the same with gas and electric suppliers, a single supplier is
cheaper than separate and easier for the customer to manage.

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Broadback wrote:
I am leaving my current internet provider, therefor am losing my
landline anytime call option. Who is the best value in price and service
to provide me anytime calls in future please?

You need to look carefully at your landline calls pattern. For example BT
offer one with a maximum number of minutes per month. Which might suit
better than the so called free ones that charge heavily if you go over an
hour on one call, or whatever.

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Broadback pretended :
I am leaving my current internet provider, therefor am losing my landline
anytime call option. Who is the best value in price and service to provide me
anytime calls in future please?

Plusnet charge £8 per month on top of line rental, inc unlimited fibre
broadband, for the UK anytime. I took up their £7pm offer of free
unlimited anytime calls + texts, sim only so I knocked the lanline free
calls on the head. I agreed a very special deal to stay with them, for
the landline rental, so my mobile + landline fibre are now sub £30.

Service is always top notch and UK (well Yorkshire) support if needed.