I do hope to rationalise the number of lines eventually. We used to have home number, work number, fax number, burglar alarm line, downstairs dial up internet line and upstairs fast internet line number. I am now down to three numbers - as of DV switch recently now have THREE landline telephone numbers rather than just 2 so a record high as at November 2025 for those ones but only three lines now from BT so better than the previous much larger number. I am currently quite happy to be paying for the upstairs and downstairs broadbands - 2 payments a month as if one is down the other works and I don't mind a back up and nothing has enabled wifi to work on both sides of house and on all 3 floors other than that so far.
Today the first bill since the 2nd of the 3 lines moved to DV came in. I don't think I will ever solve why the amounts on the 2 separate accounts/bills differ although one has the £4 a month voicemail charge and other does not so that explains that and one tends to have more landline calls (they are only free at weekends when I never make calls on my packages).
One is called Fibre with Halo 1 which is £91 a month for the broadband package. The other is called Fibre Halo and Calls and that one has the broadband package of £77.
It is a complicated month for the line that just switched to DV and I see that under Lien Retnal £30.20 a month it has given a refund for line rental for that paid in advance up to 20 November of £13,64 deducted from the bill.
It refser to my new services presumably the DV on one of the 2 landlines on that account (although still analogue on on the other telephone number on that account).
Total bill for that account is £78.17 which was £121.66 last month so that is a big change which I doubt is caused by DV. I will wait to see what next month's amount is as that will be the first normal bill with no switching to DV in the month.
Finally locally I think people are paying about £60,000 to get Community Fibre to bring us FTTP so I will probably go in for that too when it comes out but keep the 3 BT lines and BB for now and run everything along side. There is only one of my landline numbers I need to keep (of the 3) and unfortunately that is the one that comes in downstairs to my office where community fibre would bring in their service. I suppose if the FTTP works from my office and allows everyone miles away up 2 flights at other side of house to get the internet I could just close that upstairs BT account with 2 landlines and BB on it entirely. We shall see.
I will not necessarily rush to FTTP as will want to consider it very carefully. You can pay extra to have it brought in where you want it - eg I want it as with my office number to come in through wall of garage, out the bank, round the back wall quite a way and then directly i nto my home office ground floor back of house. No sign BT/open reach wlil bring us FTTP although been regitsered with them for a good few years now for that. Don't like using new providers with Community Fibre (nor new banks, nor new anythings due to financial risks and less track record but we shall see.
