UK landlines being phased out
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- čas přidán 3. 04. 2023
- Business Telecoms: www.syn-star.co.uk/telecoms/
Phone lines are being phased out of the UK!
In 2025 BT will switch off phone lines. It's important to act now to avoid the risk of being without phones in your office!
Click the link above to start the transition to a VoIP phone system today
#telecoms #voip #bt #btswitchoff
The picture of phone lines is actually showing power lines. 🙂
Another way to listen in on your conversation .
How is losing your phone line due to a power cut 'so much more efficient'?
If you depend on your landline phone, your telephone provider must offer you a solution to make sure you can make emergency calls during a power cut. This could be a mobile phone or a battery backup unit that connects to your landline phone and provides power in case of a power outage.
Thanks for the info. I do not so much depend on my landline but instead may need to phone the emergency or other services sometimes and then find that the phone will not connect due to broadband or even electricity supply problems. My BT broadband went down for a day only last Saturday but then inexplicably came back on Sunday. (The engineer did not call until Monday). I was still able to phone the 'faults' number using my hard-wired landline. This will not be possible after the landline becomes digital.
I have an EE/BT mobile phone but the signal is weak in this area and usually non-existent indoors.
This change may be a big improvement for the telephone companies who can then stop maintaining the copper telephone line infrastructure but it is set to be a poorer, more inconvenient and less reliable service for Joe Public. I will also have to keep my broadband box running 24/7. I usually switch it off at night. @@Syn-Star
I'm a pensioner but I already have the internet so I should be ok with the change over. What about other elderly people who still don't have internet access and have no idea what this means. Also the cost of getting the internet when so many are struggling just to live because of the rise in the cost of living crisis. I have a mobile phone but my Husband doesn't and wouldn't like to use one so he relies on our landline, at 79 he's not very good with new things.
You will still be able to have a landline, it is just a different technology. We would advise as a home user of BT to contact them, they can them advise of the changes and what you need to do.
@@Syn-Star Yes I understand that bit, but when there's a power cut, the internet goes as well. I have digital phones, so when the power goes I can plug in an older type phone.
If you don't have a broadband connection, your provider will supply one specifically to support the new digital system, but bare in mind you shouldn't pay extra for this. If you are worried about power cuts then you can opt to have a digital phone with a backup battery for this purpose for peace of mind. If you are worried and would like to switch from BT we would be happy to help and provide the right option for you.