topic Re: Sky talk in Talk

Sky talk

Wagger2275 — Thu, 24 Aug 2023 16:09:11 GMT

When I ordered sky talk with my sky bundle I expected to get a handset as my home phone , is this not the case ?

Re: Sky talk

Highlinder — Thu, 24 Aug 2023 16:12:31 GMT

@Wagger2275 This is not the case. The only company does this is BT and those handsets only work on their network.

Re: Sky talk

Wagger2275 — Thu, 24 Aug 2023 16:22:11 GMT

Looks like I have to close down my sky talk then

Re: Sky talk

Highlinder — Thu, 24 Aug 2023 16:23:22 GMT

@Wagger2275 Why? Can you not pick up a normal phone to connect to your Sky talk landline?

Re: Sky talk

Mark39 — Thu, 24 Aug 2023 16:32:15 GMT

@Wagger2275 wrote:

Looks like I have to close down my sky talk then

Buy a simple corded phone handset for around £10. I don't know why you expected Sky to provide one....

Re: Sky talk

TimmyBGood — Fri, 25 Aug 2023 09:52:20 GMT

@Wagger2275

BT is the only ISP which supplies handsets because their unique heritage going back to the UK GPO monopoly means they were in the telephone business for a century before becoming an ISP. It's unrealistic to expect dedicated ISPs to supply handset hardware: that's just not their business model.

As note above, any standard (non-VOIP) handset or DECT basestation is compatible with Sky Talk.