Digital Voice - How to connect existing phones

[Bob1001]

@imjollyYes that is correct I am not connecting to the "Openreach" side just to the unplugged phone socket side which is allowed.

[licquorice]

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@Bob1001 wrote:

@imjollyI am happy not to change in the first place I can see no advantage to me of DV, if FTTP was available that would be different.

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Eh, why would it be different? DV is DV regardless of delivery medium.

[imjolly]

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@Bob1001 wrote:

@imjollyYes that is correct I am not connecting to the "Openreach" side just to the unplugged phone socket side which is allowed.

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where have you seen that method of connection?  the openreach connection is to the master socket not just one part of it

that is not correct way but up to you if you want to do it that way

[Bob1001]

I don't need to have seen it, when the phone socket is removed it no longer connects to the Openreach line just the extensions as wired by BT. However the hub remains connected to the Openreach line via the socket that is part of the non removal part.

So perhaps not as intended but an easy if untidy solution, a better solution would be not to switch to DV, I will now have to spend hours adding the regional code to the local numbers stored on my phone.

And they call it progress.

[Bob1001]

@licquoriceAs you say DV is DV but if FTTP was on offer I would at least get an improvement I can see no improvement for me with DV, perhaps there is an advantage for BT.

[Keith_Beddoe]

@Bob1001 

 perhaps there is an advantage for BT.

BT will be able to de-commission the PSTN equipment in the exchanges, which are now well beyond economic repair, and use a lot of space and power.

[Bob1001]

Yes exchanges don't last like the used too.

I maintained one from CBS to Digital via CB, strowger and crossbar.

[Bob1001]

It gets worse, I have now been changed to digital voice, I was hoping to use the existing extension wiring but on looking at it I found that the master socket was not correctly wired.

It added to the confusion in that I still get dial tone on the existing phone so did not know it had changed over.

The main and extension socket are connected in parallel with two separate wires one to the "master" where my hub is and one to the "extension" socket where my phone is.

I have an adapter supplied by BT BUT it is very patchy in connecting and keeps dropping out on calls, probably out of range.

It also gives the additional problem that I cannot unplug at the master socket to disconnect the internal wiring from the Openreach wiring.

I suppose in theory it is BT's problem with the wiring as it was wired incorrectly many years ago, it looks as though the extension was the main and when I got broadband as opposed to dial up they just put an additional socket in and called it the main.

I have tried explaining this to BT but they did not understand what I was trying to explain.

I would quite like a working phone today, the phone does work plugged into the hub but I can't hear it if I plug it in there.

Any suggestions

[licquorice]

Yes, but you won't like it.

Buy the necessary bits and pieces from your favourite source and rewire your house to suit your needs.

[Bob1001]

@licquoriceThat is probably true, just very annoyed that this has happened. I was away when the master socket was put in and did not check or would have got them back to sort it out at the time.

The trouble is that while I would be quite capable of technically doing it (probably have everything I need in my GPO Gladstone bag) unfortunately I am no longer fit enough to do the ladder work, so will have to pay someone to do it. Also as it is hard wired from the extension socket to the Openreach wiring I am not supposed to touch that wiring as it belongs to Openreach.