[anotherhuman]

Great help guys thanks.

zinglebarb: we don't want to switch to BT, but getting a BT line will give us so many more options and give us some flexibility. The kids in the house are growing up and using the phone a lot more (I can't understand how they can talk so much!)

Our bill with VM is pretty silly at the moment and going with someone who offers free local and national calls will save us a lot. We're also paying £25 a month for broadband and monthly we're paying around £70 with the phone bill. Switching to someone else, TalkTalk for example, will save us a good £40 a month considering local, national and some international (USA and Canada especially) calls will be free. Although I hear bad things about TalkTalk...

Anyway, the line is to give us more choice. Using the example above, I guess the line would pay for itself within 3 months considering the savings but as you all know, the cheapest isn't necessarily the best value for money.

Any recommendations for our case? Lots of calls all around the UK during the day and evening, quite a few calls to USA and Canada, and moderately heavy broadband users.

Thanks.