Internet access and UK web hosting provider Freeola has recently launched its own Digital Voice (VoIP) style services for home broadband users, which enables you to keep your existing analogue landline number and to make or receive calls over your internet connection instead.

The service is available to anybody in the UK with an internet connection (i.e. you don’t have to be taking one of Freeola’s own broadband packages) and comes in the shape of two tariffs – Freeola Voice (£6.50 inc. VAT per month) and Freeola Voice Pro (£8 per month). The non-Pro tariff is a pay-as-you-go option with standard call charges (see below), while the Pro option includes 500 UK Landline minutes and 500 UK Mobile minutes per calendar month.

NOTE: UK national calls are charged at 0.9p per minute, and UK mobile calls 3.6p per minute, outside of an allowance.

Both tariffs only come attached to a monthly rolling (30-day) contract and if you need to port an existing number to the service (typically takes around 10 days to complete) then they’ll charge a one-off fee of £18. Customers who need to connect old analogue handsets can optionally add an ATA adapter (Grandstream HT801) for £46.80 or a Zyxel VMG8623-T50B AC1200 Modem Router (includes phone ports) for £59.99.