This post just answered a distraught old lady's query/problem thank you. 2 years ago as lockdown began BT put me and my ancient system (old Home hub 3 with copper 'phone line/ wired old PC / 2 old tiny 1GB sim 'phones ) on BT Halo1 - to be fair the poor young salesman would probably not have a clue what else to do! Been paying almost £63 per month for the service - had to return BT box as I was paying for TV pkg did not need (as we watch on Free Sat and pay lic.fee) so hubby could watch the odd football game Sky sport/BT Sport - but became far too expensive for Pensioners!
Now out of contract and was puzzled that the only thing they could offer almost housebound old couple doing shopping online was Full fibre (openreach to install and will have to use Digital Voice 'phone - Alexa seems like a sci-fi horror to me!) or of course we could have 2 'phones with EE in a pkg for around the same cost that will probably increase end of March by approx. 10%. Reading here has just explained one more way of isolating mid seventies and more oldies in our crazy new world. I hope all you experts on here are looking after your Grandparents and Parents as being awake nights worrying about such things is accelerating their requirements for the 'big' money saved to 'dispatch' them at a pace! Thank you and sorry to the kind young man I spoke with yesterday as he must have been traumatised speaking with the old lady who could only speak 'early sixties' language that must have sounded like ET! God Bless you.
