BT Digital Voice change-over

[moochedit]

update - deferred until 2027

BT scraps digital landline switch deadline

BT has ditched its timetable to move landline customers from copper wire to digital.

www.bbc.com

Yeah they said that it would be delayed a few months back.

 

[two sheds]

I must try my old pots next time we have a power cut see if it still works.

 

[skyscraper101]

update - deferred until 2027

BT scraps digital landline switch deadline

BT has ditched its timetable to move landline customers from copper wire to digital.

www.bbc.com

Love the generic 'old person using a phone' stock image on that article.

They might as well have gone with....

 

[Elpenor]

Love the generic 'old person using a phone' stock image on that article.

They might as well have gone with....


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[Throbbing Angel]

Love the generic 'old person using a phone' stock image on that article.

They might as well have gone with....


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[WouldBe]

Mine's changing over tomorrow at my request as the copper wires are crap.

 

[WouldBe]

Finally got it installed. Talking to open reach guy there's no reason utility warehouse can't provide voip.

 

[moochedit]

Finally got it installed. Talking to open reach guy there's no reason utility warehouse can't provide voip.

So have you got voip from a third party supplier or just got broadband only?

 

[WouldBe]

So have you got voip from a third party supplier or just got broadband only?

Got both from BT or will have when the phone is activated.

 

[toblerone3]

The full fibre 100 says it's dedicated fibre to the premises but later on it says the smart hub will fit through your letterbox and you simply plug it in which sounds like fibre to the cabinet which I've already got.

Anyone know which it is?

What is the difference between fibre to the premises and fibre to the Cabinet. Where is the Cabinet? I think EE have sold me a service on the basis of one but in reality I cant get the full service promised.

After I made the fibre switch, I was also called up randomly by a couple of Openreach engineers who said that there was a fault of the line. They started talking about this Cabinet vs Premises dichotomy which I have never heard from EE. They also told that I have to get a VOIP enabled handset if I want to keep my landline. To be honest I am thinking of binning off the landline as it costs a fortune under the new fibre service and I hardly ever use it.

 

[xenon]

I might be out of date. But fibre to the cabinet, Means there is usually a cabinet in the street, somewhere. And it’s copper wire to the houses from there. Fibre to the premises seems a bit of marketing fluff. I think that I have that here. But I still have to plug an ethernet jack into a socket in the wall. so where the actual fibre termination is I don’t know. otherwise you need a router with a fibre connection.

 

[xenon]

Probably said this earlier but the whole digital switch over is a fucking mess. Especially for people that rely on Care alarms.

 

[WouldBe]

What is the difference between fibre to the premises and fibre to the Cabinet. Where is the Cabinet? I think EE have sold me a service on the basis of one but in reality I cant get the full service promised.

After I made the fibre switch, I was also called up randomly by a couple of Openreach engineers who said that there was a fault of the line. They started talking about this Cabinet vs Premises dichotomy which I have never heard from EE. They also told that I have to get a VOIP enabled handset if I want to keep my landline. To be honest I am thinking of binning off the landline as it costs a fortune under the new fibre service and I hardly ever use it.

The cabinet is a junction box in the area. Usually green around 4' x 3'. The fibre terminates here and the signal is connected to your copper land line.

With fibre to the premises the fibre runs all the way to your house. Your copper landline will be disconnected when this is installed.

You will have been contacted by open reach as they maintain all the cables and will connect the fibre up for EE.

 

[Puddy_Tat]

BT haven't bothered mum-tat again (yet)

so far, we are adopting the 'ignore it and hope it goes away' policy

in between trying to get the existing landline to work properly - it seems to go crap every time there's a bit of rain...

 

[WouldBe]

But I still have to plug an ethernet jack into a socket in the wall. so where the actual fibre termination is I don’t know. otherwise you need a router with a fibre connection.

Mine has a small box fitted to the inside wall with another box on the outside. The inside box converts the optical signal to electrical and feeds it to a router. This provides ethernet connections and a phone socket.

 

[WouldBe]

BT haven't bothered mum-tat again (yet)

so far, we are adopting the 'ignore it and hope it goes away' policy

in between trying to get the existing landline to work properly - it seems to go crap every time there's a bit of rain...

Water can sometimes get in the underground cable joins that can cause crackling in the line also slows down your broadband. That's why I changed over to full fibre.

 

[Puddy_Tat]

Water can sometimes get in the underground cable joins that can cause crackling in the line also slows down your broadband. That's why I changed over to full fibre.

i know.

i'm not sure i want to mention this to mum-tat

they have tried to sell 'full fibre' to her, on the basis it would be cheaper than current deal (possibly a short term thing) but she does not want, as it would mean having people in, and things changing.