It's pretty simple: Just sign up with a provider that uses a cable, fiber, fixed wireless, satellite or 5G home internet network. None of these connection types require a phone line to your home.

As a result, 40% of us have stopped using a landline phone altogether ... Patchy mobile signals mean it may be some time before full-fibre broadband is rolled out to all homes, Mr Baker said.

"And so if you go to fibre, you have to do something else and [voice over internet protocol (VOIP)] is the obvious thing." Old landline phones will still work after the network changes, however.