In reply to a post by G1967:

If the sell stop came into force on the 5sept then why are TT prepared to renew my existing package / setup for another 18 months, look on uswitch deals galore on copper setup. The only this that’s lagging is my wallet

You can renew your copper service but if you want to switch you have to go to FTTP (as you have FTTP available). Some FTTP providers have a digital voice service other providers have dropped voice all together.

In reply to a post by G1967:

Well they’re still selling the old system packages for 24months on uswitch if you care to look. And TT are quite happy to renew my current package and set ip, contrary clearly no rush

Pulse8 appear to still be offering broadband and line rental which is probably using the TalkTalk Business network (MPF) on "no contact", 12 months or 24 months contracts. However their site indicates migrations from ADSL + line rental and not specifically VDSL + line rental. Possibly worth checking with them if you are interested in moving to another provider who has a good reputation.

That’s a good idea , when you say test do you mean to connect my speech dialler plug to the back of his router.?

In reply to a post by G1967:

That’s a good idea , when you say test do you mean to connect my speech dialler plug to the back of his router.?

Yes, If you can

Thanks for that , good lateral thinking, the speech dialler also allows the user to send a test call to a landline or a mobile, would this suffice as a test when I hook up to the neighbours router or should I test in full activated alarm bells mode? Would either prove it the set up works or not

In reply to a post by G1967:

Thanks for that , good lateral thinking, the speech dialler also allows the user to send a test call to a landline or a mobile, would this suffice as a test when I hook up to the neighbours router or should I test in full activated alarm bells mode? Would either prove it the set up works or not

I would do the simple outgoing test call a few times just to make sure.

I would also want to see what happens when you have both the dialler and a telephone handset connected to the router phone socket (you may need to use a phone doubler plug to achieve that) then ring your neighbours number from your mobile and see if incoming calls ring and can be answered, make sure you do that test several times as I believe one of the possible issues is the dialler doesn't disconnect the line correctly.

Edited by PCJM40 (Mon 25-Sep-23 22:49:52)

In reply to a post by G1967:

If the sell stop came into force on the 5sept then why are TT prepared to renew my existing package / setup for another 18 months, look on uswitch deals galore on copper setup. The only this that’s lagging is my wallet

It's a WLR stop sell and it did indeed come in to effect on 5th September.
You can't order an analogue telephone line from the likes of BT any more (certain exclusions apply).

Talktalk use fully unbundled mpf and are not effected by this particular stop sell.

https://www.comms-dealer.com/sponsored-content/avoid...

However like many other providers they make no mention of how voice services are delivered and they are free to move you to a VOIP solution any time they like. They haven't routinely been doing this like other providers though.

They are still effected by the FTTP Priority stop sell (which kicks in once 75% of an announced exchange has Ultrafast coverage).
Anyone on such an exchange with FTTP available to them may be forced to take FTTP meaning no mpf (again certain exclusions apply).

Ok will try that however the way the dialler works is that upto 3 numbers are stored into it and upon a alarm activation it will ring programmed 1 number first if no answer programmed 2 and then 3 if no answer from 2 and so on. The person answering the call has to press and hold the number 8 button on their phones for 2s to acknowledge the call and this will deactivate the dialler from continuing ringing out.

The Phone receiving the call must be a tone dialling phone otherwise the call cannot be acknowledged and the dialler will keep looping and continue ringing people.

If your suggestion does work will this allow the master socket I have which also acts as an extension feed to downstairs to the speech dialler plug in point to continue to work. The new scenario setup would be:

1. connect a phone extension cable to new router and the existing master socket (which acts as ext to speech dialler connection downstairs), so the master socket would now act purely as an extension to the speech dialler plug in point and any calls would be made via Wi-Fi or voip.


Could that work?

This would be the ideal swap

2.

If the testing at your neighbours works correctly then the guys on here should be able to advise what needs to be done to hook the router telephone socket to the existing wiring.

what is the model of this dialler ?

Its one thing we don't know about it !