VoIP Home Phone Replacement

ClintonL on 11/02/2025 - 21:51
Last edited 11/02/2025 - 22:13 by 1 other user

Hi guys, so I want to start taking advantage of churning from Leaptel/Superloop to get their gigabit speeds leaving TPG after their recent issues, only thing with TPG is that they currently give me a home phone that I would lose.

Wondering what the most cost efficient way of keeping my home phone number is, there are a few VoIP providers which provide this, but many are orientated towards businesses with PBX options. Just want something simple which is set and forget, will also need to buy a wireless VoIP phone as well.

Internet VoIP

Comments

  • boomramada on 11/02/2025 - 21:53
    +5

    Just ditch the home phone, that's Ozb way of saving money.

  • scrimshaw on 11/02/2025 - 22:07
    +3

    https://www.crazytel.com.au/residential/voiphomephone/ has consumer options.

    • tonester on 12/02/2025 - 10:24

      +1

      fyi when buying online, i always try to provide landline not mobile number to avoid spam :)

      • jv on 12/02/2025 - 12:55

        I get more spam on my voip than my mobile.

  • Wiadro on 11/02/2025 - 22:22
    +1

    why do you need a home phone when you have wifi calling on your mobile

    • geekcohen on 12/02/2025 - 05:48
      +2

      I am always surprised when I hear people still having a landline. We are in 2025……..

    • jv on 12/02/2025 - 12:56
      +1

      often so overseas family members can call you cheaply.

      • Wiadro on 12/02/2025 - 15:58

        Sorry, great great grandpa

        • jv on 12/02/2025 - 16:01

          He's crossed over a few years back.

  • TheFreaK on 12/02/2025 - 09:11
    +4

    You'll be surprised how little you need the home phone once it's gone

    • jv on 12/02/2025 - 12:57

      not everyone…

  • BigBirdy on 12/02/2025 - 09:52

    I have same requirement. We have poor mobile signal, so use wifi calling on mobiles. Wifi calling (& getting SMS from online banking) sometimes plays up. I think if we have mobile signal, phone defaults to that, but because that signal is poor, calls sometimes dropout, drop words, disconnect. Landline gives us another option in emergency.

    We have voip phone on Superloop, at no additional cost. We use multi-handset Uniden phone set, plugged into FX port on router.

    • boomramada on 12/02/2025 - 13:50

      We have a poor mobile signal

      Change your provider

      Landline gives us another option in an emergency

      There is a higher chance that landlines (NBN) are dead than mobile networks.

      We have voip phone on Superloop, at no additional cost

      Cost is usually added to your service, you can get even cheaper NBN without the requirement of free VOIP

      • BigBirdy on 12/02/2025 - 15:35
        +1

        We're in a regional area with poor signal, on ALL mobile networks.

        NBN is an ALTERNATIVE to mobile. It's less likely both NBN and mobile will be unavailable than either one alone.

        Op mentioned Superloop. Superloop offers VoIP phone at no extra charge.

  • djsweet on 12/02/2025 - 10:04
    +2

    I haven’t had a home phone in 8 years. Have never missed it. Just ditch it. Even my parents have ditched theirs. They had mobile and landline in parallel for many years, but ultimately no one ever called them on landline and mobiles have unlimited outgoing calls, so much so that when the home phone died it took them a while to notice. Then they just didn’t replace it. Maybe this is the push you need to give up on yours?

    • jv on 12/02/2025 - 12:58
      +1

      and mobiles have unlimited outgoing calls

      many people use voip for incoming/outgoing overseas calls.

  • JimmyF on 12/02/2025 - 11:02
    +1

    currently give me a home phone that I would lose.

    As many others have said, do you use the home phone or just keep it as people are used to calling you on it?

    My parents used to keep a home line as they always had it. Only a few people called them on it as that is what was the default in their mobile. Once it was gone, they updated the default and now call their mobiles instead.

    They haven't missed it. Maybe keep a track on who calls you on it or what calls you make on it.

    Its a bit like ISP emails, once you break free from it, you wonder why you didn't do it years ago.

  • onceupon8 on 12/02/2025 - 16:51
    +1

    Siptalk have a whirlpool deal (https://forums.whirlpool.net.au/thread/3n1j2qpq). You can transfer your landline number across and pay $1.10 per month for the number plus call costs which are peanuts. They have great service and the service works well. I've tried a few providers and I think Siptalk is the best, and they're one of the cheapest.

    If you have had your landline number for ages, I understand that you want to keep it. If you want to transition away from it, you could set it up as a diversion to your mobile (you will need to pay call costs but they're cheap). And then when you call others, it will always be from your mobile and slowly people will learn to call your mobile.

Login or Join to leave a comment
Login Join