New Digital Voice home phone service on BT

[Leapy]

I have the option of Digital Voice, when I join BT and upgrade 😀 with either one colour or two monochrome HD phones.

However, I'm a bit confused  as I currently have a pair of excellent BT 4600 cordless phones with (Call Guardian powered by trueCall) an answerphone, and great call blocking and filtering.😀 Would I loose the cordless phones with an answerphone, and great call blocking and filtering if I took this offer?

[imjolly]

No you can connect the 4600 base unit to the phone socket on the back of the SH2and then use the cordless phone with the existing your current base unit

[Keith_Beddoe]

@Leapy 

The BT Supplied Smart hub 2 has a phone socket where you can plug in an existing phone system like the BT4600

Personally, I would avoid Digital Voice at the moment, unless there is no other option. An FTTP connection would require BT Digital voice.

[Leapy]

@imjolly  Thank you for that information. 🙂

Does that mean that I'm better off not getting one (or two) of the new HD phones and just keeping and using, what I have already got?

[imjolly]

I have had digital voice for over a year and never once had any problems. It does give ability to make 2 calls at the same time assuming you have 2 DV handsetS.  I do have a stable FTTC connection

[Leapy]

@Keith_Beddoe Thanks 🙂 Yes it would be FTTP, so I guess that forces me to go for the HD option and loose the  BT 4600 awanerphone and call blocking features?

[Keith_Beddoe]

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@Leapy wrote:

@Keith_Beddoe Thanks 🙂 Yes it would be FTTP, so I guess that forces me to go for the HD option and loose the  BT 4600 awanerphone and call blocking features?

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No it does not, you can plug your existing phone into the socket, as @imjolly  has said.

Shown in green on this picture.

You do not have to use the special Digital Voice phones.

[imjolly]

As I posted just connect the 4600 base unit to phone socket on back of hub and then 4600phones

[Chainsaw]

I think you can also ask BT to send you a Digital Voice Adapter (DVA) which enables to still use you old phones but in a different room. You plug the DVA into a spare socket and then plug your old phones into that.

I think that's correct.

👍

[imjolly]

Be good if someone who has a DVA and used it posted how well it works