Starlink as a landline?

[Squaredy]

Has anyone got any experience of using Starlink to operate as a landline using VoIP?  I understand it is possible but I am finding it difficult to work out how to go about this.  I am sure I could ask a local firm to set it up, but I believe setting up Starlink is very easy.  What I want though is to be able to transfer my existing landline business number over to the Starlink broadband.

 

The reason I wish to do this is because the current setup is just so poor and expensive I believe Starlink would be way better.  I currently have a copper landline provided by XLN whom I have been with for years and it costs around £100 per month for the line and broadband (terrible speeds making many websites unusable).  XLN have even told me that as a legacy copper line the cost is going to go up by 15% per year!

I have tried shopping around but as soon as they know the premises everyone declines to get involved.  I guess this is because they know it is a long run of poorly maintained copper cable that is not being repaired or upgraded anyone soon.

 

Openreach have surveyed the line with a view to installing fibre, but unless there is a lot of government funding this is not happening anytime soon as we are miles from anywhere.

 

Anyone else tried using Starlink with landline?

[sime42]

No experience myself, but I did happen to see this recently. There might be some useful information in that thread.

 

https://www.ukworkshop.co.uk/threads/starlink.154939/#post-1849984

[openspaceman]

1 hour ago, Squaredy said:

Has anyone got any experience of using Starlink to operate as a landline using VoIP?  I understand it is possible but I am finding it difficult to work out how to go about this.  I am sure I could ask a local firm to set it up, but I believe setting up Starlink is very easy.  What I want though is to be able to transfer my existing landline business number over to the Starlink broadband.

 

The reason I wish to do this is because the current setup is just so poor and expensive I believe Starlink would be way better.  I currently have a copper landline provided by XLN whom I have been with for years and it costs around £100 per month for the line and broadband (terrible speeds making many websites unusable).  XLN have even told me that as a legacy copper line the cost is going to go up by 15% per year!

I have tried shopping around but as soon as they know the premises everyone declines to get involved.  I guess this is because they know it is a long run of poorly maintained copper cable that is not being repaired or upgraded anyone soon.

 

Openreach have surveyed the line with a view to installing fibre, but unless there is a lot of government funding this is not happening anytime soon as we are miles from anywhere.

 

Anyone else tried using Starlink with landline?

I am about to have to embark on this voip thing as my copper line is removed and I get fibre to the premises. My understanding is the existing landline telephone number gets transferred to a VOIP provider,  for about a fiver a month they  then direct calls to you over the internet. I think you plug your existing phone into a small box called a voice gateway (I have an old linksys spa3102 but there must be more modern ones). The voip should be catholic about how your internet is provided as long as it is fast enough.

 

Be aware no calls will work during a power cut unless the router is plugged into your inverter UPS.

 

You could simply have the voip provider divert the calls to your cellphone .

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[Mark Bolam]

@MattyF

[MattyF]

28 minutes ago, Mark Bolam said:

@MattyF

We have star link but not as a landline … to be honest I didn’t know you could do that ! But will look in to it … Our internet and landline is shocking as being copper cable and it having maybe one or two timber wagons/ harvesters / forwarders drive through it at least once a year and BT wont replace the copper cable, star link was the only option… can’t fault it for internet though.

[htb]

Our neighbour getting starlink next wk for internet and phoneline will see how they get on.

[Mark Bolam]

You know Musk will listen to your conversations, don’t you?

[Mesterh]

12 minutes ago, Mark Bolam said:

You know Musk will listen to your conversations, don’t you?

Its only £35 a month atm with no upfront cost. I might buy it as Musk will hang himself after listening to us for a less than a week.

 

[Squaredy]

16 minutes ago, Mark Bolam said:

You know Musk will listen to your conversations, don’t you?

He will get very bored with mine…

[Squaredy]

1 hour ago, openspaceman said:

You could simply have the voip provider divert the calls to your cellphone .

Ah yes I should have mentioned: no mobile phone signal at all.  At least not enough to hold a conversation anyway.