Well my wife actually uses the phone so that's where the savings come in. I'll run through my before and after bills as if I was getting anytime national calls from VM - I wasn't I was on VOIP and the main reason I swapped from that provider to Vonage was to get a normal phone number on outgoing calls instead of a VOIP one.
VM Phone (post discounts)
VM phone £12.99
50Mbps BB £25
Caller ID £2.05 (wife insists)
Total = £39.04
Add in anytime calls @ ~ £8 and that is £48.04
VM BB + Vonage
50Mbps £35
Vonage UK £5.99 (caller ID + some other options free)
Total = £40.99
That means I get anytime national calls for £1.95p a month.
I still have some VOIP credit which I can use with my smartphone for the infrequent 0845 0870 numbers I can't avoid by using saynoto0870
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Originally Posted by carlwaring
Then again, there's the first month's £25 which would kill my savings for a while!
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You can cancel out the setup charges by signing up through a cashback site.
The number transfer automatically cancels the VM phone. I spoke to cancellations to confirm no early terminations fees (there were but < £2) and the discount as list price for 50Mbps is £45. Despite the confirmation they screwed up the billing and I had to call in to get it corrected (21p off my old VOIP credit)