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Broadband packages

mroger45 — Tue, 06 Aug 2024 17:16:24 GMT

Am researching shifting broadband provider. Can't make any sense of whether Sky will support a change and support my existing land line

Re: Broadband packages

TimmyBGood — Tue, 06 Aug 2024 17:40:56 GMT

@mroger45 wrote:

Can't make any sense of whether Sky will support a change and support my existing land line

If Ultrafast speeds are available, that indicates provisioning will be over FTTP. This would mean no copper 'landline' is involved, with Sky bundling a voice service over VOIP.

Note that no Openreach ISP now provisions on copper if full fibre is available at an address.

Re: Broadband packages

mroger45 — Tue, 06 Aug 2024 18:00:01 GMT

Thanks for that, Timmy. We do now have FTTP and 150MB service, but a landline inparallel, mainly for a bunch of aged relatives who can't handle WhatsApp or similar. What I don't know is how VOIP will be brought in and whether a "look and feel" equivalent to a land line service will ever arrive. I suppose so, or a large number of folks will be disenfranchised. Meanwhile, It's looking as though my options to switch are extremely limited.