FTTP Questions

[TrebleTA]

So I've just got my FTTP,

first question is the phone, voip.

The sky hub is too far away.

If i get this item. Will I be able to use it to resolve my issue 

https://shop.bt.com/products/bt-digital-voice-adapter-100121-bt1-G4Z7.html?utm_source=google&utm_med...

[TimmyBGood]

@TrebleTA 

No, that's specific to BT Broadband FTTP, a BT Smart Hub 2 and BT Digital Voice handsets.

[Mr+Slant]

Just buy a normal telephone extension cable.

[TimmyBGood]

@TrebleTA 

You can move the Hub further from the ONT with any Cat5e or better ethernet cable.

It's also possible to connect any DECT base station to the 'phone' port on the Sky Broadband Hub and use matching DECT phones.

[TrebleTA]

So is there a version out there that would work with any router?

[TimmyBGood]

@TrebleTA 

Not that I'm aware of: the BT system is proprietary to their Digital Voice product suite.

[Mr+Slant]

The phone port on the router is simply an ATA interface so any DECT base unit or phone will work.

[TrebleTA]

So there is nothing that will connect in to the phone port and then have a receiver like above?

[Mr+Slant]

I don't understand what you're asking?

You can connect anything you want into the phone port - ie a phone/DECT unit/whatever. Its exactly the same as the master socket/telephone extension sockets you had before. No difference.

[TimmyBGood]

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@Mr+Slant wrote:

You can connect anything you want into the phone port

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Apart from a BT Digital Voice handset or an actual VOIP phone ; )

[TrebleTA]

After something so can have the phone in a different room than the hub with out a ext, ive not look for anything like this before

[Mr+Slant]

"Apart from a BT Digital Voice handset or an actual VOIP phone ; )"

Indeed. Anything he could connect before FTTP he still can would have been clearer 🙂

[Mr+Slant]

There are thousands of DECT extenders on the market. Have a look for them.

[TrebleTA]

So I've had a peek, but how do they work?

[TimmyBGood]

@TrebleTA 

Either black magic or fairy dust, I'd imagine.

Seriously, a set of cordless (DECT) phones with however many handsets you need is the answer.  The 'base' unit plugs into the Broadband Hub phone port (on a longer lead if you wish), and the other handsets talk to the base using a particular variety of wireless communication: they use internal batteries and each has a charging stand.