Musings on DV switchover.

[HHGTTG]

I have been thinking recently about this whole DV switchover thing. Again I pose my own, and suspect many others views or concerns about this.

I'm currently getting my Broadband via ADSL and of course my telephone over the same source via the master socket and extensions.

If I'm allowed to continue using ADSL until the end of 2025 or thereabouts when I will then be forced to take Fibre then or whatever is on offer, why must they turn off my telephony part of my service well before then and force me onto DV via a new Smart Hub 2 and ancillary equipment such as DV adapters or DV handsets (if required)?

One would have thought it would make more sense for me to keep both current systems until such time as ADSL finishes when it would then make sense for me to adopt Fibre Broadband and DV.

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[licquorice]

You're conflating a lot of things here.

DV is completely independent of fibre or copper.

Copper is not being switched off in 2025, the PSTN is.

The sooner your voice service is switched to DV, the sooner the exchange can be switched off.

[Keith_Beddoe]

@HHGTTG 

You will not be forced off ADSL unless your exchange becomes "fibre only", or you try and re-contract. Watch out for any "hard sell" saying you have to move to FTTC if available.

You will still be migrated to DV eventually, but I read that that is not going to start until December, and only in selected areas.

There is an advantage staying on ADSL, because the broadband is powered from the exchange, and not from the cabinet.

In the event of a longer power cut on FTTC, the batteries in the cabinet will go flat, and no matter how good your own backup power arrangements are, you will still lose broadband and phone.

That will not happen with ADSL unless the batteries and generator in the exchange fails, which is highly unlikely

I am on ADSL by choice, and have no intention of upgrading to FTTC, and have plenty of backup arrangements, as I have suffered many power cuts in the 43 years living in this house.

[HHGTTG]

Many thanks for your expansive reply. Im glad that I'm not the only Dinosaur here. However power outages or not the Hub does not work without leccy as they say but you do have backups which help.
I bought a cheap WiFi hot-spot device and data SIM which suffices in an emergency provided my laptops and tablets are fully charged.

[HHGTTG]

Thanks.
I'm confused of Bromley.

[Keith_Beddoe]

@HHGTTG 

All of my broadband kit runs off 12V DC, and I have a large 12V leisure battery which is float charged. I also have a 12V-240V Sine Wave invertor which can power the central heating boiler/pump, plus DECT phone and and a radio.

The 12V is also carried through a number of rooms for LED lights in cupboards and bedrooms. This all started when my eldest daughter was little, and would scream the place down if the lights went off, causing a lot of stress for my wife and I. It used to happen a lot, due to poor quality mains distribution, things have improved over the last couple of years.

I do have a 4G mobile dongle which is used on holiday, and can be used at home if there is an issue with the broadband.

So much these days has to be done online, so some form of backup is essential.