topic Re: Landline switch on the news? in Broadband

Landline switch on the news?

Sherry2004 — Thu, 11 Apr 2024 17:54:33 GMT

Does anyone know anything about the planned landline switch over thats due soon. We have a landline purely to maje the broadband work and its set to payg as we never use it. What is happening with SKY customers who have landlines?

Re: Landline switch on the news?

cookiemonsteruk — Thu, 11 Apr 2024 18:01:39 GMT

@Sherry2004

With effect from the end of 2025 pstn lines will cease. However isp's are making plans already ie if you switch provider etc your new line will be provisioned using internet calls

Re: Landline switch on the news?

TimmyBGood — Thu, 11 Apr 2024 19:00:24 GMT

@Sherry2004

Sky, like all Openreach network ISPs, are working to transition all broadband customers over to Hub models which support Sky Talk Internet Calls: with around six million subscribers this is going to take a while, but has to happen before December next year as @cookiemonsteruk indicated.

Re: Landline switch on the news?

Sherry2004 — Thu, 11 Apr 2024 20:50:09 GMT

Many thanks so we should have plenty of notice given by Sky and poaaible replacements or instructions as to what's going to happen with the landlines.

How will that change the broadband link, how does that work as I am on the superfast broadband set up, via my phone line to the router and hub.

I suppose we will find out soon enough, just worried as my sky + box expired last week and I had no notice from Sky at all informing of it.

Many thanks

Re: Landline switch on the news?

cookiemonsteruk — Thu, 11 Apr 2024 20:54:47 GMT

@Sherry2004

If you already have the sr203 hub with the phone line into the back of the hub then there will be no change for you

Re: Landline switch on the news?

Sherry2004 — Thu, 11 Apr 2024 21:02:23 GMT

I do have that Hub and my phone line is plugged into the back of it.

I was under the impression that by 2025 all phone lines will be obeselete, and I was wondering how will our brandband work without the phone wire plugged in. Ine is plughed in via the phone to the hub.

Sorry, I am abit new at all this and am happy to learn. Thanks

Re: Landline switch on the news?

cookiemonsteruk — Thu, 11 Apr 2024 21:06:58 GMT

@Sherry2004

You are no longer using pstn and are already set up for internet calls. It is only the old public switched telephone network (i think thats the full name) PSTN thats shutting down. Sky has been switching new customers since september last year to internet calls

Re: Landline switch on the news?

Sherry2004 — Thu, 11 Apr 2024 21:36:39 GMT

Oh! Ok so intenet calls are like teams and whatsapp calls, just not using that old phone set?

Sonwhat do we do with the old phones next year? Does it stay the same as payt and keep the handset connect to the hub?

I suppose sky will draw up a easy read 😊

Re: Landline switch on the news?

TimmyBGood — Thu, 11 Apr 2024 21:37:25 GMT

@Sherry2004 wrote:

I was under the impression that by 2025 all phone lines will be obeselete

Terrestrial broadband will continue to require a data bearer cable: all of these will eventually be fibre-optic rather than the current copper, but the transition to that has a much longer timeframe than the switch-off of PSTN. Copper cable will continue to supply some properties into the next decade.

Re: Landline switch on the news?

TimmyBGood — Thu, 11 Apr 2024 21:39:25 GMT

@Sherry2004 wrote:

my sky + box expired last week and I had no notice from Sky at all informing of it.

First the BBC, then ITV and now Sky have been advertising the end of SD channel availability since last year.

Mechanical failure of an antique box is different, and can happen at any time without warning.

Re: Landline switch on the news?

Chrisee — Fri, 12 Apr 2024 06:45:39 GMT

@Sherry2004 Sky's solution to the turning off of the old analogue phone system works with your old phone so it doesnt become obsolete. It simply plugs into the back of the Sky hub rather than the phonecsocket on the wall. That doesnt change when your line is upgraded to full fibre. The only issue is the phone doesn't work in a power cut which affects people with some older alarms.

The switch has nothing to do with the internet as such as it happens so you dont have to learn to use any programs to make a phone call.

Re: Landline switch on the news?

Sherry2004 — Fri, 12 Apr 2024 08:01:23 GMT

Thank you @Chrisee

This answer is great and all I needed. 😊