VOIP, alternatives to Skype?

[pgrbff]

Where I live in Italy I have no land line or mobile cover. I do have internet access however and wired the house for WIFI. I have been using Skype for years but now it's on its way out and I need to find an alternative. I use Whatsapp but Italy is still a bit backwards, when it comes to computing and many still don't even have, or want, a smartphone, so I need to call landlines. I have an elderly Iphone but also have a half reasonable android phone. I'm not interested in video, just voice. I did try an Italian service at one stage called Messagenet, with a virtual number, but the phone never rang, all I ever got was missed calls.
Any suggestions for a Skype replacement?

 

[Blackswanwood]

Microsoft Teams can make and receive calls with landlines.

 

[pgrbff]

Microsoft Teams can make and receive calls with landlines.

I did download the Teams IOS app to have a gander but having never used Teams it felt a bit OTT for calling a friend or neighbour. It wasn't obvious, to me anyway, how to make a call.

 

[Agent_zed]

Zoom was the one that every used during covid, we still use it at work for some meetings as it has different features to Teams.

 

[Sideways]

Voice call inside whatsapp perhaps surprisingly tends to give a fairly clear call when a normal mobile phone call is unusable due to breakup and lousy transmission.

 

[Blackswanwood]

I did download the Teams IOS app to have a gander but having never used Teams it felt a bit OTT for calling a friend or neighbour. It wasn't obvious, to me anyway, how to make a call.

Here’s how you do it.

https://support.microsoft.com/en-gb/office/make-calls-0a27994b-4d5d-4ac1-a40d-83b72edca946

 

[42North]

I've not used it but my Italian uncle is a user of Viber, may be worth looking into.