Ah! FTTP/FTTH I think a few other members have mentioned hereabouts that they have fibre to the premises.Full fibre is making its way to the wilds of Cumbria and I am being "upgraded" in a couple of weeks. My existing cordless house phones are fairly ancient and have needed replacing for a while, for anyone who has been through this and bought new phones for fibre only, is there anything to look out for and any recommendations for new cordless, probably DECT phones?
I'll second that.I am with Zen which is quite expensive but it is reliable and their service is very good
I am with Zen which is quite expensive but it is reliable and their service is very good
I currently have Panasonics and they have done well, must be 15 years old at least. So happily go with Panasonic again but the current range of phones from them is quite large and confusing.
Yes on FTTC (or actually to the pole, yes we are still on poles) and FTTP is going to be cheaper but then I am with Zen which is quite expensive but it is reliable and their service is very good
There are direct VoIP phones but I'll probably stick with DECTdon't think there is such a thing as a fibre phone
Sounds like a CityFibre area - there should be others available - probably VF/TT are the ones that have bombed the area. Even if not CF it'll be the companies with the largest marketing budget as a proportion of their op ex.After we move house (and I don't want to tempt fate by saying much about that yet), we apparently will have a limited choice of broadband suppliers - Vodafone and TalkTalk I
Sounds like a CityFibre area - there should be others available - probably VF/TT are the ones that have bombed the area. Even if not CF it'll be the companies with the largest marketing budget as a proportion of their op ex.
To be fair 4G/5G can be a much better experience than ADSL."mobile only" - I'm sure that's great if you have a reliable mobile signal at your house
To be fair 4G/5G can be a much better experience than ADSL.
Curiously, they are still firing these things up in the air, but I've never seen them since the initial launch, I guess they are just avoiding MK-on-MudSo I'm toying with Starlink,
5G masts growing like weeds here, the closest is about 300 yds as the crow flies and yet my signal is only what I would describe as adequate."mobile only" - I'm sure that's great if you have a reliable mobile signal at your house
You've got to love TPThread more appropriately named
If you were to check the connection between two wired devices they'd be faster and more stable than a wired to wireless connection.Hard wired internet here (FTTC) to my pc. ( upstairs) My laptop ( downstairs) is wireless and yet when I checked they both produce the same speeds,
Which is curious as I always assumed that hard wired would be faster.
CQ, CQ, CQ, CQ,.............not been mentioned yet?
If your mobile signal not good at home make mobile calls via your home WiFi
With power cuts looks like we are going backwards
most dect phones will not work
mobiles will not work if the mobile mast is affected by the power cut
BT replacing the copper so home phone will not work during a power cut
Apart from that all good
After we move house (and I don't want to tempt fate by saying much about that yet), we apparently will have a limited choice of broadband suppliers - Vodafone and TalkTalk I think, for best speeds. So I'm toying with Starlink, as they are doing a marketing push at present, as an interesting alternative. I just don't really want to add to Musk's wealth, and have concerns after reading about them having to de-orbit 100 or so satellites due to a fault of some sort, plus the risks from CME's from the sun which seem to be increasing lately due to moving towards a sunspot maximum. Stuff to think about...
I've never had an issue, obviously if the wired goes down, then so does the WIFI.If you were to check the connection between two wired devices they'd be faster and more stable than a wired to wireless connection.
I do think people are over thinking this. Power cuts, rarely happen and mobile always works. Coverage is fine for most people too. Benefit too of when you are on hold to a call centre you are not stuck at home, can go for a walk, post something etc.I've never had an issue, obviously if the wired goes down, then so does the WIFI.
and as above the speeds are identical.