VoIP providers UK: how Vonage compares

VoIP providers in the UK offer telephone services using VoIP. They can offer free or cheap telephone calls by enabling you to make and receive VoIP calls over your existing broadband connection to make VoIP calls.

Vonage stands out from most other VoIP providers in the UK because of the following reasons.

With Vonage, you can use your normal phone handset

With Vonage, you can use any normal home phone (DECT phone) to make and receive calls. You don't even need a computer, never mind have it switched on. Most other UK VoIP providers, on the other hand, require you to:

Use a USB VoIP phone or headset and microphone to make VoIP calls;
Be in front of your PC to make or receive VoIP calls, the same goes for the person you're talking to. This type of VoIP service is known as 'PC-to-PC' and is typically free. You can also make 'PC-to-phone' calls, but you will be charged for these 'outage calls'.

Vonage is a much more flexible VoIP provider: we offer 'phone-to-phone' VoIP calls, find out exactly out how Vonage works. When you sign up, we send you an adapter that connects your existing home phone to your broadband modem or router. Then you simply make calls to other landlines, mobiles and even other Vonage users and VoIP providers in the UK or abroad.

Vonage can replace your main landline

If you have a cable landline and broadband connection and you're serious about saving money, then you could replace your existing expensive cable landline with a low cost landline from Vonage. You would get unlimited^‡ calls to landlines in your chosen call plan. You can also keep your existing telephone number.

You could also use Vonage as a second phone line or even as a small business phone line. People who use other VoIP providers don't typically consider replacing their existing landline service with a VoIP provider service. With Vonage this is a reality.

The Vonage call quality is great

If you don't mind a bit of disturbance, then that's fine - a free PC-to-PC VoIP provider may be exactly what you need.

Many of our customers started off with a free VoIP provider solution that offers VoIP calls, but then got fed up with the unreliable call quality. With Vonage, the calls are so clear that the person you're calling probably won't realise you're using a UK VoIP provider. You can even have the choice of using the Vonage bandwidth saver, which allows you to adjust and control the quality of your phone calls.

Unlimited^‡ calls to landlines in your call plan

Finally, you'll find that other VoIP providers in the UK can charge on a 'pay as you go' basis for all calls you make to anyone who hasn't signed up to the same VoIP service. Vonage, by contrast, lets you pick a low-cost monthly call plan that suits your needs. You can make unlimited^‡ calls to landlines and some mobiles in countries listed in your call plan, and you can change it at any time.

So there you have the four key factors that set Vonage apart from other UK VoIP providers.

VoIP providers UK: how Vonage compares

With Vonage, you can use your normal phone handset

Vonage can replace your main landline

The Vonage call quality is great

Unlimited‡ calls to landlines in your call plan

Unlimited^‡ calls to landlines in your call plan