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Hi guys,

I'm switching to Sky TV and landline. I need a caller blocking telephone, has anyone and recommendations please?
 
I honestly thought most people didn’t use landlines nowadays. I have read that the BT shop does some good ones.
 
I too would be interested in a call blocker. There again, I think we should get rid of landine. Only people who call us, is scammers.
 
I dont have a house phone - have a number for Broadband but no phone plugged in
 
We only have the landline for incoming calls. The mobiles have unlimited calls/texts for £6 per month.
 
andya700 said:
We only have the landline for incoming calls. The mobiles have unlimited calls/texts for £6 per month.
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I've never had a mobile contract, I've only ever had PATG and spend next to nothing on them so I know nothing about contracts so where can I get a contract for unlimited calls for £6 a month?

I had a quick google and ended up on a comparison site...

www.uswitch.com

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Looking at that I could get a contract there for £6 a month but you need to buy the phone from them for anything from under £200 to over £1400, for example with a 12 month contract at £6 a month costing £802.

Is that right? So it's not really £6 a month it's £66 (802/12 =£66 per month or even 802/12+6=£72 per month?) but I suppose you can get something back by selling the phone at some point? Or have I missed something?

I'm interested in how Mrs WW and her friends communicate, they all use video calling aps which seem to work very well but other than that we're with Virgin and the cost per month is astronomic but they bundle things together so you can't really drop things you don't want without losing things you do need.
 
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Marc said:
I keep thinking about losing ours, the only people who ever call us on it are our parents.
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Thats mostly it, relations who are elderly and won't use a mobile! I haven't spoken to my BIL for over year, since we told people we were not going to have a landline, he won't even text!
 
There's a Sky call screening service. PITA when you're trying to talk to someone who uses it!!!
 
mines been unplugged now for pretty much a decade, kept asking virgin to take it off but they keep offereing me a discount to keep it active
 
We use a BT8610, it's great for blocking annoying calls. I turned call blocking off at the weekend because we were waiting to hear from the NHS about our COVID-19 jabs & were not sure how they would get in touch. Within 8 hours I received 3 calls from Amazon telling me I had bought an iPad :eek:

We eventually received text messages regarding our jabs, so call blocking is back on now as I don't want any more iPads........

My daughter & son in law have a landline as part of their BT Broadband package & don't have a phone plugged in.
 
woof woof said:
I've never had a mobile contract, I've only ever had PATG and spend next to nothing on them so I know nothing about contracts so where can I get a contract for unlimited calls for £6 a month?

I had a quick google and ended up on a comparison site...

www.uswitch.com

Mobile Phone Deals & Contracts February 2026 - Uswitch

Looking for a new mobile phone contract deal? Browse the latest smartphones, like the iPhone 16 and Samsung Galaxy S24, on all major UK networks with our comparison tables.
www.uswitch.com www.uswitch.com

Looking at that I could get a contract there for £6 a month but you need to buy the phone from them for anything from under £200 to over £1400, for example with a 12 month contract at £6 a month costing £802.

Is that right? So it's not really £6 a month it's £66 (802/12 =£66 per month or even 802/12+6=£72 per month?) but I suppose you can get something back by selling the phone at some point? Or have I missed something?

I'm interested in how Mrs WW and her friends communicate, they all use video calling aps which seem to work very well but other than that we're with Virgin and the cost per month is astronomic but they bundle things together so you can't really drop things you don't want without losing things you do need.
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We both switched from PAYG to a SIM deal on here. Vodafone are doing a good one.

www.uswitch.com

SIM Only Deals: Compare our best in February 2026 - Uswitch

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broc said:
We use a BT8610, it's great for blocking annoying calls. I turned call blocking off at the weekend because we were waiting to hear from the NHS about our COVID-19 jabs & were not sure how they would get in touch. Within 8 hours I received 3 calls from Amazon telling me I had bought an iPad :eek:

We eventually received text messages regarding our jabs, so call blocking is back on now as I don't want any more iPads........

My daughter & son in law have a landline as part of their BT Broadband package & don't have a phone plugged in.
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Are you with BT Brian? Or do you use the BT8610 with A.N.Other provider?
 
woof woof said:
Thanks. What does data mean? Downloading stuff? I assume if we just use a phone for calls there's no data?
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Data is the connection to the internet. Even when you aren’t doing anything your phone will consume data by updating apps, checking for email, updating the weather etc.
 
My blooming phone wants to update apps everyday! Drives me crazy :naughty:
 
Marc said:
Not just downloading. Apps use data, if you' re using your phone to access the forum, you're using data (unless you're on wifi)
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Ricardodaforce said:
Data is the connection to the internet. Even when you aren’t doing anything your phone will consume data by updating apps, checking for email, updating the weather etc.
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Thanks guys.

If I did this it'd be with a dedicated phone so there'd be no downloading but I don't think I'll be able to do it for two reasons, firstly Virgin probably wont disentangle the phone from the package we have and secondly because we have an elderly person who just wont be able to use a smartphone, we've tried before.
 
woof woof said:
Thanks guys.

If I did this it'd be with a dedicated phone so there'd be no downloading but I don't think I'll be able to do it for two reasons, firstly Virgin probably wont disentangle the phone from the package we have and secondly because we have an elderly person who just wont be able to use a smartphone, we've tried before.
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That might all change when the merger with O2 is completed.
 
I only have one plugged in because my sister and one friend insist on calling me on it.
I'm hoping when FTTP goes live here we won't be forced to pay for a phone line we won't use.
 
My son is on Virgin broadband. He’s found it’s actually cheaper to have a phone and broadband package than just BB alone. He doesn’t even own a hardwired phone or know his landline number. :D
 
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