in another couple of years there won’t be a copper phone network to connect them to
I was rather hoping that box on the customer's end of the fibre or whatever will have the ability to plug-in a traditional phone - effectively emulating the old exchange line.
I've been able to plug my "traditional" master phone c/w answerphone directly into the router, and the three other slave phones still work with that.
BT rather helpfully gave me an internet voice phone to boot which works independently and which means whilst you're fielding one landline call another call can come in. This has the benefit that whilst Mrs G is engaged on one of her interminable social calls I can still make calls out.
I've been able to plug my "traditional" master phone c/w answerphone directly into the router, and the three other slave phones still work with that.
BT rather helpfully gave me an internet voice phone to boot which works independently and which means whilst you're fielding one landline call another call can come in. This has the benefit that whilst Mrs G is engaged on one of her interminable social calls I can still make calls out.
BT used to do that years ago, under the name BT Broadband Talk. They killed the service when they realised it wasn't making them any money - the service was cheaper for calls than a normal land line.
