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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Fisty McB" data-source="post: 1158510" data-attributes="member: 389824">For those from 2026 that still want a landline phone but whom have no interest in general Internet access, Openreach  have a special 512 Kbit data rate line provision for such lines to carry VoIP services though I'm not aware of anyone but BT offering this right now (I'm sure there is but I haven't found them yet!) I'm sure in these circumstances you could plug an ethernet cable into the router and surf the net on a laptop but while 0.5 Mbit was great 20 years ago, it would be quite painful these days - and you could forget any streaming better than 240p {maybe 360p at a pinch). Alternately, some ISPs are phasing out voice calling support, not bothering to have their own VoIP service - Plusnet are the biggest of the main ones that are doing so.</blockquote>