Dave <
da...@triffid.co.uk> wrote:
> Made an executive decision a few moments ago. Ooer!
>
> Having done more research online, the BT telephone change thing is an
> awful mess...
>
> I shall cease and desist... I'm going to forget about until it happens,
> then they, BT can do the work.
That's what I would do.
The main thing here is a switch from landline phone 'line rental' being the
bedrock of your connection with broadband being run over the top, to
broadband being the bedrock with phone being a service run over the top,
like email is today.
This change is relatively inconsequential for most people who take phone and
broadband from the same company (the company can easily do the switch), but
it's more complicated for those who take them from different - they can't
swap one kind of bedrock for another as they're different companies.
You may find that having two companies in this way doesn't make sense in the
future, but it will depend on the products BT offer to customers once
they're no longer in the business of selling copper line access for voice
calls.
Having done this a few years ago my line is now broadband only, and I run a
third party VOIP service over the top - a bit like paying a hosting company
for my email rather than getting it from my ISP. This turns out way cheaper
than traditional line rental (I'm paying 1.44 pounds per month at A&A, plus
calls).
I'm sure Orpheus will be on the case in due course, but when it does I'd look
into switching your phone service to them, as it will keep things
simple and avoid having to deal with two companies. Alternatively you can
switch your number to a third party if somebody has a deal which is better,
and only in that case do you need an ATA.
Some further reading about the latter option, written by somebody in the
uk.d-i-y newsgroup:
https://wiki.diyfaq.org.uk/index.php/Telephones,_analogue_to_digital_conversion
Theo