topic Re: Landline phone advice in Talk

Landline phone advice

jane00 — Tue, 09 Apr 2024 16:41:28 GMT

I have a landline phone but had wanted it put into my hallway as my router leads aren't long enough to put router in hall. Is there anyway I could get round this?

I hate that I'm not able to plug into an old fashioned phone socket and find if internet went down there'd be no way of using landline.

Re: Landline phone advice

Chrisee — Tue, 09 Apr 2024 17:26:04 GMT

@jane00 you can buy extention phone cables from most hardware stores. The switch from delivering voice services away from over the old copper lines to via your router is being driven by Openreach who are planning to decommission the old copper network and replace it with full fibre. That will take years but stopping selling copper phone connections is one part of this switch.

Re: Landline phone advice

jane00 — Tue, 09 Apr 2024 17:27:48 GMT

Thank you for replie. Would you know what type of cable I need in order to keep my landline phone in hallway?

Re: Landline phone advice

Mark39 — Tue, 09 Apr 2024 17:37:05 GMT

@jane00 can alternative might be to invest in a cordless DECT phone (they're reasonably inexpensive) which has a base station that plugs into the Hub, and a cord free handset that you can place where you want.

Re: Landline phone advice

jane00 — Tue, 09 Apr 2024 17:47:42 GMT

Would be the easiest option I guess but was still hoping to be able to use my old retro landline telephone.