topic Re: BT LANLINE in Talk

BT LANLINE

johnp56a — Wed, 20 Nov 2024 16:23:48 GMT

if we switch from bt broadband to SKY what happend to our BT landline and phone number?

Re: BT LANLINE

Mark39 — Wed, 20 Nov 2024 16:35:16 GMT

Your BT landline will become a Sky landline. Normally, but not always, you can keep your phone number. Nothing physically will happen to the copper telephone cable.

If you switch, you'll have Internet calls, so your phone will need to be plugged into your broadband Hub, not the wall socket.

Re: BT LANLINE

johnp56a — Wed, 20 Nov 2024 16:47:59 GMT

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Re: BT LANLINE

TimmyBGood — Wed, 20 Nov 2024 17:54:25 GMT

@johnp56a

Slight amendment to what @Mark39 posted: if your address is within reach of the national optical network then Sky Broadband will be provisioned over a new FTTP circuit, and the copper line becomes obsolete.

If it's in the UK, putting the address into the BT Wholesale Availability Checker should indicate which broadband provisioning type is applicable.

https://www.broadbandchecker.btwholesale.com/#/ADSL/AddressHome

It's the table and the two text lines below it which are most useful.

Remove any personal information (such as the address itself) if you post an image.