VOIP for home

[silentbrown]

Finally got Gigaclear FTTP at home, and now looking to ditch the landline.

Our DECT base station already supports VOIP so we shouldn't need an analog to VOIP adapter.

Any suggestions for a decent (and cheap!) VOIP provider? Gigaclear package is £9/month unlimited, but I can't get a straight answer about SIP settings from them.

[Captain_Morgan]

Voipfone

[silentbrown]

Captain_Morgan said:

Voipfone

Cheers. Free trial is up and running

[gavsdavs]

i get voip through my isp (A&A) and took my long term bt landline number in the process.
But then, the isp makes it easy

[Timothy Bucktu]

Gigaclear themselves offer a VoIP service. We're on the £3 plan which we only really use to keep the landline number active. Free calls after 7pm, but there is a charge for calls during the day. They have other plans with free calls though.

[silentbrown]

Timothy Bucktu said:

Gigaclear themselves offer a VoIP service. We're on the £3 plan which we only really use to keep the landline number active. Free calls after 7pm, but there is a charge for calls during the day. They have other plans with free calls though.

AFAICT It's VOIP but only from existing analog handsets. I haven't found any info about how to configure an existing VOIP phone to use Gigaclear.

We've got Gigaset N300IP base station and DECT handsets. The base station supports both VOIP and landline - we have an existing VOIP connection for work, and land line for home. The plan is to move the land line to VOIP, so it's digital end-to-end.

[Mr Pointy]

silentbrown said:

We've got Gigaset N300IP base station and DECT handsets. The base station supports both VOIP and landline - we have an existing VOIP connection for work, and land line for home. The plan is to move the land line to VOIP, so it's digital end-to-end.

Is the Gigaset N300 IP a current product? I looked on their website & couldn't see it & although it is available on Amazon the answerphone version is "curently unavailable".

[silentbrown]

Mr Pointy said:

Is the Gigaset N300 IP a current product? I looked on their website & couldn't see it & although it is available on Amazon the answerphone version is "curently unavailable".

I'm not sure - we've had ours for around 7 years! However, looks like you can still buy them.
https://ligo.co.uk/gigaset-n300?srsltid=Ad5pg_HOZY...

[silentbrown]

silentbrown said:

Captain_Morgan said:

Voipfone

Cheers. Free trial is up and running

Sneaky sods don't include VAT in any of their advertised prices. Hmmm.

[S6PNJ]

I use Miso comms https://www.miso-comms.net/index.php I've been with them for just under 4.5 years and moved a family member on to them last year. No issues so far. Message me for more info.

[silentbrown]

S6PNJ said:

I use Miso comms https://www.miso-comms.net/index.php I've been with them for just under 4.5 years and moved a family member on to them last year. No issues so far. Message me for more info.

Cheers. Already set up with Voipfone and the number porting is going ahead. Just annoyed this wasn't made clearer on their website.

Miso looks good value, but doesn't seem to offer call bundles including mobiles?

[S6PNJ]

silentbrown said:

Cheers. Already set up with Voipfone and the number porting is going ahead. Just annoyed this wasn't made clearer on their website.

Miso looks good value, but doesn't seem to offer call bundles including mobiles?

Not as far as I'm aware - I have their call bundle pack (they only do one - but I've not checked more recently) but mobiles not included. If I'm at home and want to call a mobile, I'll use my mobile. Their mobile charges are quite low though - or at least they seem low to me.
I was already with Miso for a couple of years before I switched to Gigaclear. I was on Gigaclear's 400/400 but am now on their 200/200

[Timothy Bucktu]

silentbrown said:

Timothy Bucktu said:

Gigaclear themselves offer a VoIP service. We're on the £3 plan which we only really use to keep the landline number active. Free calls after 7pm, but there is a charge for calls during the day. They have other plans with free calls though.

AFAICT It's VOIP but only from existing analog handsets. I haven't found any info about how to configure an existing VOIP phone to use Gigaclear.

We've got Gigaset N300IP base station and DECT handsets. The base station supports both VOIP and landline - we have an existing VOIP connection for work, and land line for home. The plan is to move the land line to VOIP, so it's digital end-to-end.

Ah yeah OK. That won't work with Gigaclears service. You have to use their little box which talks to the mothership via port 2 on the router.