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IDNet Help / Re: SoGEA

Last post by peasblossom - Today at 10:55:41

Switched to SoGEA last year. It took a couple of weeks for speeds to step back up- didn't drop much but the connection profile does get re-set. No VOIP so cannot comment. Cannot see the point as mobile does Wifi calling just fine.

Yeah, but I'd quite like to keep my landline phone number. ymmv, obviously.

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IDNet Help / Re: SoGEA

Last post by robinc - Today at 07:06:51

Switched to SoGEA last year. It took a couple of weeks for speeds to step back up- didn't drop much but the connection profile does get re-set. No VOIP so cannot comment. Cannot see the point as mobile does Wifi calling just fine.

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IDNet Help / Re: SoGEA

Last post by Simon - Yesterday at 10:53:55

I shall shortly be porting my telephone number across to my VOIP provider and cancelling the redirection.

Sorry to hijack PB's thread, but can I ask which VoIP provider you're going to?  I'm trying to decide for myself at the moment. 

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IDNet Help / Re: SoGEA

Last post by Arctophile - Yesterday at 10:14:37

I switched to SoGEA and telephone redirection earlier this year.  The broadband transfer to SoGEA was seamless.

My telephone was still working on the morning after it was supposed to be redirected.
A quick phone call to IDNet (on my telephone line that was not supposed to be working) and the transfer to redirection happened about an hour later. 

The first bills included time based charges for redirected calls.  I pointed out to IDNet that 25 hours per month of transferred calls were supposed to be included in the service, I received an apology and the charges were removed. 

The redirection to my VOIP line now works fine.

I shall shortly be porting my telephone number across to my VOIP provider and cancelling the redirection.

#5

IDNet Help / Re: SoGEA -

Last post by peasblossom - Mar 17, 2025, 18:11:36

I ask in part because I tried ringing a landline number on my mobile and got cut off. Fine with my landline. (So landline to landline, not mobile to landline.) I'm a bit uneasy about switching now, though it'll have to be done at some point this year.

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IDNet Help / SoGEA

Last post by peasblossom - Mar 17, 2025, 00:04:34

As FFTP is, according to Openreach, not coming round here till between now and Dec 2026 (I'm assuming later than sooner since we've been waiting that long thus far) I'm considering SoGEA.

If anyone made the switch, what's your experience? I'd want to go for the mobile redirection service, if possible.

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IDNet Help / Re: Call Blocking with UBOSS a...

Last post by Simon - Mar 14, 2025, 17:36:10

There may be be problems adding numbers as I dont think you can use +44 which is needed for Uboss. I tried this to convert +44 to numbers my phone would work with and couldn't

It's only a one month contract so if it doesn't work as I need it to, I'll have to look elsewhere. 

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IDNet Help / Re: Call Blocking with UBOSS a...

Last post by john7 - Mar 14, 2025, 17:11:05

There may be be problems adding numbers as I dont think you can use +44 which is needed for Uboss. I tried this to convert +44 to numbers my phone would work with and couldn't

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IDNet Help / Re: Call Blocking with UBOSS a...

Last post by Simon - Mar 14, 2025, 13:55:23

Thanks Terry, that's useful to know.  I must admit, I've not had that many recently, but I had a phase of getting five or six calls a day, hence the call blocker.

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IDNet Help / Re: Call Blocking with UBOSS a...

Last post by Terryphi - Mar 14, 2025, 13:49:36

Simon, like you I used the CPR Call Blocker on my old landline but I found it increasingly less useful as spammers used one-time only spoofed numbers. Since I have been using UBOSS the number of spam calls has significantly reduced. This may be because OFCOM has recently told telecom operators to be more effective in blocking spam calls.Personally I am happy to live with the very occasional spam call which are easily identified because they usually begin with 0044.