Renewing contract without DV

[Daedalus2000]

Sorry, but how would a DV handset or cordless phone replace a loud-sounding bell, especially those mounted high up well away from any power sockets?

[iniltous]

All your wired devices can be reintroduced into a DV setup , effectively they just need  to be rewired to the SH2 phone port  ( search voice reinjection ) , this is your responsibility but you could employ someone to do this for you…..as stated , once  advised of an impending migration , you may be able to delay the change to DV for a while , potentially to Jan 2027 but probably much sooner than that you will have no choice , at that point it’s DV or nothing because the PSTN network will no longer be available.

TBH your requirements are not really  compelling  enough to be in the last group to migrate to DV and potentially get extra assistance, you have no Telecare , fall alarm  etc , but you presumably do have mobile phone coverage, and have broadband, so all the genuine reasons for a pause are not valid in your case , your issues seem to consist of nothing more than you have wired extension sockets and extension ‘bells’ than need reconfiguring to work with DV , this isn’t technically demanding, ( it’s just a rewire from wherever they currently converge to the hub ) but could be time consuming depending on what’s necessary to connect them to the hub 

[Daedalus2000]

No fall alarm yet, but....my wife is becoming increasingly susceptable to random falls and her GP has already suggested that it would be beneficial to get one, which is on my 'to do' list for 2025.

Mobile coverage is erratic and can not be relied on.

[Paul608085]

@Daedalus2000 

"The current set-up works and meets our needs. Why should we be forced to move to something that appears to be inferior and inflexible?"

Because once the Public Switched Telephone Network, (PSTN), ie "traditional" telephone lines, is closed down, there will be nothing for your existing setup to make or receive calls over.

So if you do not make the switch, and you say that your mobile coverage is "erratic", you will eventually be left with no reliable telephone service.

.

[licquorice]

If you carry a cordless phone  or DV handset with you, the the need for loud bells is removed.

I assume you don't still have a 405 line black and white television.

[Daedalus2000]

>>>If you carry a cordless phone  or DV handset with you, the the need for loud bells is removed.......

That is assuming that customer has the capability to do that at all times. Not always a simple as it sounds if you have someone with hearing/memory problems.

My wife has a mobile. Even with the ringer volume turned up full and the vibrate on, and the phone in her pocket, she often does not hear it. Much of the time she puts it down somewhere, then forgets to pick it up again and rapidly goes out of earshot. The loud-sounding bells are about the only thing that she is likely to hear if she is anywhere in the house other than right next to a handset, and unlike a (say) a cordless handset does not need her to rely on her memory.

IMHO the current proposals are an inadequate 'one size fits all solution'.