If it's any joy, Plusnet do carry on testing for some time after a fault has supposedly been resolved. It's how i got my 2nd / 3rd OR engineers out to complete the repair. I just updated the situation on the fault ticket i.e. still failing. I would keep the equipment as is though.

Whether folk like it, or believe it; copper from the exchange to the cab probably won�t exist in a dacade from now.

What will normal land-line phones use?

Also the many alarms based on phone line communication?

Have you actually seen any copper-based cables being removed from ducts etc, as a result of fibre of any nature being installed?

In reply to a post by eckiedoo:

What will normal land-line phones use?

Well BT could have fibre to the cabinet and then convert it over to phone, like what is in the ONT for FVA, and then use the existing copper from the cabinet to the home.

In reply to a post by eckiedoo:

Also the many alarms based on phone line communication?

This "should" be fine until there is a power cut that powers the cabinets.
Or the building with the alarm could upgrade to a GSM version of the alarm.

In reply to a post by eckiedoo:

Have you actually seen any copper-based cables being removed from ducts etc, as a result of fibre of any nature being installed?

TBH, I haven't seen any copper being removed yet in my area.

Paul

On the assumption that most/all exchanges still have fair-sized rechargeable batteries/secondary cells to power the land-line phones from a central relatively reliable source frequently with its own backup systems, it seems strange to suggest that the greater inherent reliability should be abandoned to make the proposed future phone system vulnerable at various points, depending upon the exact mains power supply arrangements.

Also, given the around 30% take-up of HS Broadband over about 10 years now, with over 90% "availability", getting "everyone" to upgrade alarms/alert systems to a less reliable future system, ranging from large companies to the many disabled and housebound, seems to be heading the wrong way.

In reply to a post by lee111s:

Whether folk like it, or believe it; copper from the exchange to the cab probably won�t exist in a dacade from now.

We will see, saying that by what a BTOR bloke told a mate of mine a few years back you could be right, he told my mate that the main truck going from the exchange to the cabinet is starting to degrade, more cables are failing and BTOR would have to dig the road up to replace them and they are not doing that. My mate ADSl was still not great and considering he lives almost on the door step of the exchange it should have been great. He have now changed to FTTC, not that he is there much now,as he have gone to uni, but his mum and brother still lives there.

the BTOR engineer who was looking at m,y fault a few weeks back told me that the cables are coming to the end of their life, that is when I lost phone as well as broadband.