On 14/03/2026 21:03, Christopher Currie via GLLUG wrote: [snip]
I won't be converted to SOGEA because I now have FTTP from a separate provider (A&A), but i do need the landline phone if possible and to retain the number (which so many correspondents have, apart from the issue with the special phone).
Any copper lines which you have will be converted to SOGEA as the analogue phone system is switched off. Since you also have an FTTP connection there would then be little point in you retaining the copper.
Retaining the same phone number is not a problem. It required a bit of jiggery-pokery when we did it (some time ago) but it seems to be a well-trodden path now.
Keeping a traditional physical phone is also not a problem. There are little boxes which plug into a network port of your router and then give you an old fashioned BT socket into which to plug a phone. Bear in mind that your phone connection has been digital for many years - only the last leg from exchange to your house is analogue. All that changes here is that the digital<=>analogue conversion moves from the exchange to inside your house.
Some personal alarm and monitoring devices may require upgrading when you lose your analogue phone line.
John -- GLLUG mailing list [email protected] https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/gllug
