5 Best Broadband And Anytime Calls Deals | Unlimited Data

With recent full-fibre upgrades rolling out across the country, fewer and fewer broadband providers are offering landline services.

However, there are still some companies that sell broadband deals with anytime landline calls included.

In this article, we’ve taken a look at five of the best options on the market if you want unlimited broadband and calls from your home phone.

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Below, we’ve taken a look at five of the best broadband and anytime calls deals on the market at the moment.

1. Virgin Media Broadband + Anytime Chatter

Virgin Media has always had quite a good range of home phone calling add-ons to choose from, and the same is true today.

With their Anytime Chatter plan, you can get unlimited calls to UK landlines and mobiles from your home phone, at any time of day, for a pretty reasonable price.

Virgin’s broadband deals themselves are also generally very good value for money, with no upfront costs, and extremely fast download speeds of up to 1,130 Mbps in most areas.

Also, if you’re an O2 pay monthly mobile customer, you can now get a free speed upgrade to the next available Virgin Media Broadband tier, helping you save even more money. Virgin Media and O2 are now part of the same company, so they’re offering combined deals and benefits for customers of both services.

Virgin Media has also made significant improvements to its customer service recently, and they now receive fewer customer complaints than BT and EE, according to Ofcom.

The downside to Virgin Media is, they’re currently upgrading their network, and in their new full-fibre areas, they aren’t offering a landline service at all. You need to be in an area serviced by their cable broadband technology to get broadband and anytime calls.

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Pros

• No upfront fees.
• Low monthly costs on broadband and phone.
• Fast download speeds.
• Good customer service.

Cons

• Landline service isn’t available in full fibre areas.

2. Vodafone Broadband + Anytime Calls

Vodafone is one of the few UK broadband providers to still offer a landline service on all of their plans, and like Virgin, they also offer extremely good value for money.

They’re one of the cheapest broadband providers on the market, and they also have one of the cheapest anytime calling add-ons as well. Just make sure to continue through the broadband checkout process all the way, and eventually you’ll see the option to add on inclusive calls to UK numbers.

You get a WiFi 6 router as standard with Vodafone, which is great. And on their Pro 3 plans, you get WiFi 7 tech, as well as WiFi signal boosters, and a 4G broadband backup device.

Although the Pro 3 plans are quite expensive, there are discounts on offer for Vodafone pay monthly mobile customers, and zero upfront costs on any of their broadband deals.

Normally though, whether you’re getting a discount or not, we’d recommend going for one of Vodafone’s more basic plans, unless you have a big house and need really good WiFi – just because of how expensive their Pro 3 deals can be.

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Pros

• Very good value for money.
• No setup fees.
• Great WiFi routers.
• Landline calling available as standard, including with an anytime calls option.

Cons

• Pro 3 tariffs are a bit expensive.

3. Sky Broadband + Talk Anytime

The best thing about Sky Broadband is their customer service.

According to Ofcom data, and in our experience testing most of the UK’s major broadband providers, Sky has much better customer support than most of their competitors. Their team is UK-based, and is easy to reach on the phone when you need help.

You can get a landline service and anytime calls on any Sky Broadband deal by choosing their Talk Anytime option. And Sky’s prices are generally quite good, especially given the customer service they offer.

The downside to Sky is they’re still shipping a relatively outdated WiFi 5 router by default. You have to pay more to upgrade to a WiFi 6 option.

On the plus side though, they offer very fast broadband, with download speeds of up to 5 Gbps in certain areas, and they’re a really good choice if you want to bundle cable TV with your broadband and home phone plan (though they don’t offer benefits for customers of their Sky Mobile service, unlike the above two providers, surprisingly).

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Pros

• Great customer service.
• Good value for money.
• Fast broadband speeds.

Cons

• Not the best WiFi routers.

4. EE Fibre Broadband + Unlimited UK Minutes

There are a few things we really like about EE Broadband, including if you’re looking for broadband and anytime calls.

• They offer WiFi 7 routers as standard across all of their plans, making them one of the only major providers to do this at the moment.
• Their customer service is quite good in our experience, especially over the phone, and their team is based in the UK as far as we can tell.
• They offer the fastest download speeds in the UK at many addresses – up to 1.6 Gbps.

There are also benefits on offer for EE Mobile customers if you sign up to EE Broadband, including free upgrades to unlimited data on certain pay monthly plans.

EE still offers a landline phone service, unlike many other major UK fibre broadband providers. However, their unlimited minutes option is quite expensive, especially compared to Vodafone’s one for example.

Also, there is currently an additional £5 monthly fee to get a landline service with EE Broadband – only a few other providers charge extra for the home phone service itself at the moment.

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Pros

• Includes WiFi 7 routers as standard on all deals.
• Fast download speeds.
• Good customer service.

Cons

• Quite expensive landline and anytime calling add-ons.

5. Community Fibre + Home Phone

Community Fibre is a company that has built its own broadband infrastructure, separate from other major networks like BT or Virgin Media.

Currently, their technology is centered on Greater London, and some other parts of the south of England. Therefore, Community Fibre’s national coverage is quite limited at the moment.

However, if you can get Community Fibre, their broadband deals are cheaper and faster than most of the other major providers on the market right now. They offer download and upload speeds of up to 5 Gbps, which is more than almost anyone would ever need.

Once you choose a broadband plan on the Community Fibre website, it’s easy to add on an anytime calling bundle, and their prices for inclusive calling are quite reasonable, with no need to pay for line rental.

So, if you’re in Greater London, we’d definitely recommend checking out Community Fibre if you want broadband and anytime calling. However, outside this area, they’re generally not going to be available in other parts of the country.

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Pros

• Extremely fast broadband speeds.
• Very good value for money broadband deals.
• Reasonably priced anytime calls add-on.

Cons

• Limited availability.

Frequently asked questions

In this part, we’ve answered some questions we commonly get asked by people shopping for a broadband and anytime calls plan.

Can I still get a landline service after the copper phone network switch-off?

As of now, most of the UK’s broadband infrastructure has been upgraded from part-fibre to full-fibre, and the digital phone switchover has been completed.

With this change, some broadband providers have stopped offering landline services completely, or are charging monthly fees for customers who want a home phone number.

This is because previously, phone line rental was required to deliver broadband, so your home phone service was often included by default. Now, broadband providers can save money by not offering digital voice, meaning some broadband plans don’t come with landline calling by default.

However, many broadband providers still offer a home phone service. And nearly all of these also offer an anytime calling add-on you can choose to include as well.

Which broadband providers offer a bundled landline service?

The following broadband providers still offer landline service on their broadband plans:

• Vodafone
• Sky
• Virgin Media (in non-full-fibre areas)
• EE
• BT
• NOW Broadband
• Community Fibre
• TalkTalk

Plusnet for example no longer offers landline services on any of their broadband deals.

How are broadband and anytime calls deals structured?

Rather than selling a specific bundle of broadband and landline minutes, most of the time, to get anytime calls, you must first choose a broadband deal, then add on an inclusive calling plan.

The calling plan options may be located quite far into the checkout process. And as we mentioned above, you may need to tick a box to opt-in to getting a landline service – sometimes for an additional monthly charge – before choosing a calling bundle to include.

How do anytime calling add-ons work?

Typically, when you add a landline service to your broadband connection, you will have a few different options for how you want to pay for the calls that you make.

• Pay as you go: you’ll pay per minute of calls made.
• Evenings and weekends: you’ll receive inclusive calls at certain times of day, usually from 7pm to 7am, and all day on weekends.
• Anytime calls: you can make unlimited calls to UK landlines and mobiles.
• International anytime calls: you can make unlimited calls to UK landlines and mobiles, and numbers in certain foreign countries.

Normally, while the broadband contract will be 24 months long, the calling package will be sold on a rolling monthly basis, meaning you can easily remove it as needed at any point in the future.

How to keep your landline number when switching broadband providers

Fortunately, it’s quite straightforward to keep your landline number when switching broadband providers.

Usually, when you sign up for a new broadband tariff, you’ll be asked whether you’re migrating your phone service over, and if so, what your home phone number is.

Once you provide this, your new broadband provider will handle the transfer of your phone number on your behalf. The only other thing you may have to do is let them know which broadband provider you’re switching from.

What broadband speed do I need?

Apart from the calling package you choose, it’s also important to consider what broadband tariff to buy, because this can have quite a significant effect on your overall monthly costs.

However, figuring out exactly what broadband speed you need as a family can be tricky. If you don’t get fast enough speeds, you’ll experience slowdowns when lots of people get online, resulting in videos buffering for example.

To get a solid idea of what broadband speed it’s worth paying for, you can use this calculator we built.

In general:

• 50-100 Mbps is plenty for one to two people.
• 100-300 Mbps is good for small families.
• 300-500 Mbps is better for larger families, especially if a lot of people are regularly online at the same time, and doing very data-intensive activities such as streaming video in 4K.

How to save money on broadband and calls

If you’re on a budget, here’s how to save money when buying a broadband and anytime calling bundle:

• Avoid providers with very expensive landline service and calling minutes fees, such as BT and EE.
• Search for a provider you can bundle your mobile phone, landline, and broadband service with, such as Vodafone. As a pay monthly mobile customer, you can often get a discounted broadband deal when you buy internet from the same company.
• Only pay for the broadband speed you really need, as we explained above.
• Consider buying an evening and weekend calls plan instead of choosing anytime calling, if this meets your needs.
• Avoid extras such as TV add-ons, WiFi extenders and so on unless you really need them.

What about broadband usage limits?

Fibre broadband plans now always come with unlimited data – this is currently the industry standard.

Therefore, you do not need to worry about usage limits, or extra charges for using more data, on the broadband aspect of your broadband and phone plan.

Conclusion

This is the end of our guide to the best broadband and inclusive minutes bundles on the market at the moment.

For most people, we recommend Vodafone for broadband and anytime calls, especially if you want to save money – but Virgin Media can be a great choice as well, if you’re not in one of their full-fibre areas and can get a home phone service with them.

If you have any questions about choosing a broadband plan with anytime landline calls, let us know in the comments below, and we’ll get back to you as soon as we can.

About the author

Tyler Bevan

Tyler is the co-founder of Broadband Savvy. He has been helping people improve their broadband connectivity since 2018 by writing about fibre broadband and mobile broadband providers, as well as creating tutorials to help people improve their broadband speeds and Wi-Fi signal.

Tyler is responsible for the majority of buyer’s guides and broadband reviews published on Broadband Savvy. He has a wealth of experience testing and reviewing different broadband tariffs, including fibre internet plans, as well as 4G and 5G broadband deals. He is responsible for testing and evaluating Wi-Fi routers, performing speed and latency tests, and comparing the value for money of different broadband providers on the market in the UK.

Before co-founding Broadband Savvy, Tyler had a long history of tinkering with computers. He built his first PC at the age of 12, and since then, he’s become obsessed with all things networking and internet-related. He’s a massive gamer, loves Rocket League, and also plays Sunday League football.