Depending on your age , you may remember leaded petrol being phased out and only unleaded petrol was available, most people were completely unaffected, some people had to ‘adjust’ their old car engines to use unleaded petrol, it’s progress, they didn’t keep leaded fuel for the refuseniks, and now no one will even remember leaded petrol, in a similar way , in a short while you will be used to the new normal with DV …..is this a massive upheaval, No it isn’t , you need to connect your phone to the hub instead of the socket on the wall …..is this a slight annoyance in that your extension phones (that you are responsible for , not BT or Openreach ) need a little ‘ adjustment’ , Yes , but that’s the price of progress and you need to have a sense of proportion
…..FYI , IP (DV) telephony isn’t just BT , it’s across the industry, so Virgin , Sky etc require their customers to connect their phones to the router if they want to continue with telephony, BT are the exception in that they supply DV adapters in an attempt to ease the transition , everyone else doesn’t , are these adapters ‘perfect’ perhaps not , did BT create a rod for their own back by giving these way for free (or offering them for sale ) , absolutely….consider this , if you were a customer of Sky (for arguments sake ) you would be told to connect to the router , that’s it , no adapters, no advice , no visits , nothing , if it didn’t suit your situation as far as extensions etc , that would simply be tough , your problem….
you have been told the possible solutions , adjusting your extension sockets to be compatible with the new normal isn’t a difficult DIY job, or pay someone to do it , or buy new DECT phones , abandon completely your extension sockets and wired phones , and hope they perform better than your (partially free) DV adapters, but ultimately it’s no one’s problem but yours , same as those with engines from years ago that were designed for leaded petrol , you are responsible to manage this necessary change , no one else .
