topic Re: Re: Porting landline number to VoIP provider in Broadband & Landline

Re: Porting landline number to VoIP provider

Hendy999 — Wed, 20 Jul 2022 18:41:23 GMT

Is there any more information that can be provided regarding the process for porting landline numbers.

My have broadband and a landline with EE and in 2 weeks it will changed to have the landline removed. My questions is can the number be ported to a VoIP provider without the current contract being terminated?

Thankyou

Re: Re: Porting landline number to VoIP provider

XRaySpeX — Wed, 20 Jul 2022 18:51:44 GMT

@Hendy999 :

If you port your no. away before your BB is upgraded to be "W/out Landline" it will auto cease your EE BB.
After your BB is upgraded to be "W/out Landline" you will have no no. to port out.

Re: Re: Porting landline number to VoIP provider

Hendy999 — Wed, 20 Jul 2022 19:11:28 GMT

Thanks for the prompt reply.

It seems like keeping my landline number isn't an option rhat I can progress.

Re: Re: Porting landline number to VoIP provider

Mustrum — Wed, 20 Jul 2022 20:17:52 GMT

@Hendy999 why is your landline being removed in two weeks?

Are you changing to Full Fibre?

Re: Re: Porting landline number to VoIP provider

Hendy999 — Wed, 20 Jul 2022 20:48:37 GMT

Hi,

I choose the option "without landline" for my new contract to keep the cost down, but I didn't realize that this meant I would loose the landline number.

Re: Re: Porting landline number to VoIP provider

Mustrum — Wed, 20 Jul 2022 20:59:27 GMT

@Hendy999 ah ok - it is what it says on the tin!

When I looked the savings were about £2 per month, but I have at least one person who calls regularly so have kept mine.

I guess it is not too late to get in touch with CS so you can include the landline.

Re: Re: Porting landline number to VoIP provider

XRaySpeX — Thu, 21 Jul 2022 00:04:54 GMT

@Hendy999 : How can you expect a landline no. when you have no landline (as it calls itself)? In fact you do still have a landline, in order to carry the BB, but you don't have a no. for it nor a dial tone. It is easier, better & more truthful to think of it a "Fibre W/out Landline Number".

Re: Re: Porting landline number to VoIP provider

whiskerp — Thu, 21 Jul 2022 10:48:33 GMT

In truth it's not even "fibre" 😉. It's copper/aluminium alloy (ugh!) to your house from the DSLAM in the "green box" which can be half a mile away, albeit nearer than the exchange and capable of 80/20 Mbps if you are close. True fibre (or "Full Fibre") gives you 1Gbps.

Re: Re: Porting landline number to VoIP provider

XRaySpeX — Thu, 21 Jul 2022 11:23:02 GMT

Well, @whiskerp , that's what the whole industry wants to call them & who are we to argue?

Whereas "Fibre W/out Landline" is peculiar to EE. Elsewhere it is called SoGEA (Single Order Generic Ethernet Access) - bit of a mouthful!