I have BT broadband - the speeds are really poor and connection fluctuates a lot
My son has EE and he tethers his PlayStation to it for gaming instead of using the home broadband
So I am going to get an EE mobile broadband router so that I can get better speeds.
This will mean that I ditch BT.
Is there a way to keep my old landline number?
(My BT landline is digital voice so I have to plug my phone into the back of the router)","comment":[{"@type":"Comment","@id":"https://www.hotukdeals.com/comments/permalink/52694682","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"KodaBear"},"datePublished":"2024-05-04T17:33:10.000Z","text":"Port your number to a VoIP Provider like A&A Who do line rental for £1.44 a month then 1.5p a minute pay as you go calls.
Then you can either divert calls from your A&A Number to the number of the SIM in your router and plug your phone direct into that router if it supports it. Or you can get a router with built in VoIP, an ATA Device, or a dedicated VoIP Phone if you want the full landline experience still.
Unfortunately, contrary to the comment above, BT Won't let an existing customer drop down to landline only anymore, due to the switch to digital voice now relying on a BT Broadband connection."},{"@type":"Comment","@id":"https://www.hotukdeals.com/comments/permalink/52695078","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Protoype"},"datePublished":"2024-05-04T18:50:23.000Z","text":"BT owns EE, BT are pushing EE as their consumer arm so moving people away from BT over to EE when they can. So switching your number to EE shouldn't be a problem.
As others have said you can downgrade to a landline only BT contract, though the agents will try talk you out of it, give you duff information or upsell some other EE product. You might have to keep calling back to you get a sane agent.
Are you and your son in the same household? I ask because location to the mast/basestation effects signal reception, thus if he lives somewhere else you might not get the same speeds.
Are you on fibre of ADSL? If you're still on a standard copper wire I'd get BT to inspect it if you are getting drop outs and massive variations in speed. Water ingress into the taps (line connection) can cause drop outs, speed reductions and so forth. If you're on fibre I'd also push to get BT to physically inspect the cable and diagnose it."},{"@type":"Comment","@id":"https://www.hotukdeals.com/comments/permalink/52694624","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"_-Richie-_"},"datePublished":"2024-05-04T17:20:08.000Z","text":"You can cancel the BT broadband whilst still keeping the landline and number with BT, it's a separate service."},{"@type":"Comment","@id":"https://www.hotukdeals.com/comments/permalink/52696332","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"AndyRoyd"},"datePublished":"2024-05-05T01:48:36.000Z","text":"Voipfone, Andrews&Arnold and Invoco can port landline number(s) from Openreach-based & some other providers to their VOIP / SIP service.
Unless recently changed:
VF zero-cost port and £3.60/m.
A&A £15 port and £1.44/m; possibly plus one-off £1.20 activation fee.
Invoco zero-cost port and £1.32/m.
Most include voicemail at zero cost; some will fwd voicemail as freebie audio files to an e-address.
Diverted or outgoing calls are optional at minimal cost.
Use any of those services on any and multiple internet-connected app-based devices that have a speaker & microphone,
and/or via internet-connected dedicated adapter if wanting to use existing landline handsets."},{"@type":"Comment","@id":"https://www.hotukdeals.com/comments/permalink/52697894","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"itsillogical"},"datePublished":"2024-05-05T12:02:06.000Z","text":"Sky screwed me when just changing my account to another account at the same address. Told me I had to go to BT to get my landline (VoIP) number back. Went to A&A and paid £30 to do the paperwork and port, but they too screwed up so I have lost my 24 year old phone number, and diddly squat from A&A for my £30."},{"@type":"Comment","@id":"https://www.hotukdeals.com/comments/permalink/52697918","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"wpj"},"datePublished":"2024-05-05T12:06:45.000Z","text":"AS above, A&A are what we use. Also voicemail to email.
EE \"unlimited\" is expensive and capped at 600Gb/month 5G before going down to 4G. There are EE 12-18 month business options (which I will be doing for my son's flat whenever he decides to move in...) which are much cheaper."},{"@type":"Comment","@id":"https://www.hotukdeals.com/comments/permalink/52697971","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Gj9382"},"datePublished":"2024-05-05T12:17:53.000Z","text":"numberpeople.co.uk/
Quid a month."}],"commentCount":28,"interactionStatistic":2,"articleSection":"Ask"}