On 21/11/2019 10:16, Graeme wrote:

Keep seeing stories regarding BT's planned switch off of analogue phone
lines in 2025 but, knowing little about telephony, and having no
particular interest in the subject, don't know what this really means
for the average home phone user.

Thoughts?

With the first two phones I had installed, all I had to do to use them
was to pick up the receiver.

These days I now have VOIP which is much cheaper but to make it work I
have to know how to install and configure my router and home network
wiring. I also have to understand how to configure the VOIP equipment
itself. I need a PC or maybe a mobile phone to do all this.

Were I to use BT or Vonage VOIP equipment which might be configured for
me, I would probably have to pay much more for phone calls.

My landline wired phones will work in a power cut. The power supply
company likes to send me text messages about power cuts. Thankfully my
mobile phone is able to receive these so long as the battery is charged.


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Michael Chare