The End of Analogue Phone Lines

Stop using the landline phones & use your mobile JV👍🏻. No charge, you are most welcome🙂

We've been in a similar postion, slow broadband connections and poor mobile reception. A big upgrading has started via Gigaclear in our area. However it's slow progress although the teams of EU workers have been battling away in all weathers and disruptions to road networks etc. We have a limited choice of "partners" when linking up to the system. I presume there are many places which are still not connected.

We have a digital landline handset, but I'm not sure about the actual line.  Just used Mr Google and get the impression that digital handsets can work on non-digital land lines.  I assume that if the line is not digital, it will be upgraded before the analogue system is switched off.

We tend not to use that land line too much anyway.  We keep it just to make sure we don't miss any 'cold callers'... 🤣🤣.  Other than getting calls from the mother-in-law (who still uses the land line as her main communication device), it appears that to receive cold calls is its main function!!!

We generally use the mobile these days, as we have unlimited included phone call minutes...

David

I would have thought that if people have a good mobile signal that would be the way to go but unfortunately I don't feel the signal we have is yet good enough to do away with the landline. Also because we have a three phone Panasonic system connected to our landline it means we can hear the phone ring anywhere in the house.

David

Exactly the same here David.  I want to be able to hear the phone anywhere indoors not only if I’m near the mobile!  

Our landline developed a fault that the engineer couldn't find so switched us to a VOIP line. Trouble is, I used to switch off the router at night and when away in the MH. Lose the phone if I do that now.

Certainly if I'm doing an important call it will on the landline and not on the mobile.

Jut a thought but how will one call about a fault in the power supply?

Errrr🤔.   We've got a few pigeons visit our garden so I guess we'll call one of them into service.

Seriously, though, it does raise all sorts of questions but no doubt all will become clear in time.

safety reasons? At most your router will use about 1.5 pence for 24 hours, so assuming it's off for 8 hours, you're saving 0.5p per night or £1.80 a year. 

They are going to be busy, because all the phone lines that radiate from the telephone poles in the streets to houses have a copper wire from the pole to the house. New build house have a fibre cable underground to the house.