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From: Richmond <dnomhcir@gmx.com>
Newsgroups: uk.telecom
Subject: Re: BT Digital Voice with no router
Date: Mon, 04 May 2026 17:50:08 +0100
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Theo <theom+news@chiark.greenend.org.uk> writes:

> Richmond <dnomhcir@gmx.com> wrote:
>> Has anyone calculated how much it costs to run a mobile phone? Claude
>> estimates £250-£450 per annum. So if mobile is the backup plan you have
>> to add that on to VOIP. And you have to add on the cost of fibre too.
>
> I pay £2.99 a month for unlimited calls, texts and 1GB of data.

So, you too have misread the question and calculated the cost of a SIM
card, not the cost of running a mobile phone.

>
> Good luck getting a landline with unlimited calls from the usual suspects
> for that.
>
>> As there is hardly any reception in my house, mobile phone calls are
>> expensive VOIP calls.
>
> If your mobile does Wifi Calling, you can call using your mobile minutes and
> your broadband for backhaul.

Yes, that's what I meant. My mobile costs more than VOIP but as the
signal is poor it uses VOIP anyway. So I am paying 3p for a VOIP call, I
might as well use VOIP and pay 1p.

>
> Although for making calls I do prefer using DECT handsets over awkward
> squares of glass. (yes, I know hands free and headsets etc are available)
>

Yes and there is less latency.