Home phone customers could save cash with VoIP phones

VoIP UK traffic could benefit following the news that many British home phone customers are potentially wasting a lot of money on line rental charges.

Over half of British home phone customers have not switched line rental provider in the last five years, meaning they are likely to be paying over the odds for their home phone, Homephonechoices.co.uk has said.

More cost-effective home phone line rental deals have become available over the last few years as smaller specialist providers have begun to compete with established companies, according to the home phone comparison website.

However, the failure of British home phone customers to shop around and switch in the last five years means they are potentially wasting over £350million on line rental charges annually.

Consumers could potentially save even more money by switching to VoIP phones, which are often cheaper than landline phones as they use the internet to make and receive calls rather than a dedicated fixed-line network.

Rural communities all over the UK could soon be able to adopt IP telephony solutions.

The UK's fastest rural broadband was launched in the village of Lyddington in Rutland by rural internet service provider Rutland Telecom and Zhone Technologies earlier this month.