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Home phone services are seen as a requirement by many people, in the same way as water or electricity supplies. They offer cheap and easy-to-use communications to people all over the world. Home phones have become increasingly advanced in terms of equipment and services over the past decades, with common options now including voice mail and easy call return.

Despite these advantages, the home phone has come under increasing pressure from new markets such as mobiles and broadband phones. While these have some way to go before making serious inroads into the home phone market, they have prospered by offering lower costs in some traditionally expensive areas of landline use. This has lead to increased competitiveness and price cutting by home phone providers, with many now combining other services such as broadband or digital TV into their phone packages.

Many people are still paying too much for their home phone calls however, with significant savings possible in the new competitive marketplace. In terms of the home phone services themselves, there has also been a considerable growth of specialist deals and packages designed to cater to particular calling habits or types of customer. These can offer a range of services, including:

Reduced or free call charges for local, national or international calls.
Free voicemail for answering and storing of messages and missed calls.
Easy call forwarding and replies.
Reduced call charges in various areas, with examples such as reduced or free calls to certain numbers or friends.

As part of the larger industry move to provide a better deal for UK customers, a free comparison service is available on this website, linked below. It compares your individual call habits and circumstances with the products offered by all the leading UK home phone providers. This allows it to find the cheapest deal for you personally, rather than basing its judgement on what might be better for the "average" person.

As well as the comparison service, check the bottom of the page for information and reviews of home phone providers from around the UK. All these together can prove a great help in finding a phone package that suits your needs.