As of 5 Sep 2023, you have been unable to order a new analogue phone line anyway.

Therefore your choices will be:
1. FTTP with digital voice
2. FTTC with digital voice

(unless you're in a copper "stop sell" area, in which case option 2 will not be available to you)

If FTTP is available, then you should go with option 1 now to avoid the hassle of a second installation in few years time. Just take the lowest speed available (40/10) with a voice service.

In the event of a power outage, FTTP will be more reliable, as it doesn't rely on backup battery power in the cabinet. But you will still need your own backup power.

You *might* be able to order a voice-only "phone line", but it will still be a port on a router, and will have a very low speed (0.5Mbps) broadband connection to provide the service. The wholesale product was supposed to be available over both FTTP and FTTC. I have not heard of anyone actually being able to order a phone service based on this. If anyone sells it, it will be BT.

Note that "SOTAP" and "SOTAP for Analogue" are two different things.

SOTAP is ADSL broadband (without voice baseband).

SOTAP for Analogue is a voice baseband service, provided from a media gateway in the exchange.

This a new thing? Never heard of it 😂

In reply to a post by j0hn83:

This a new thing? Never heard of it 😂

Is this what you mean? I got sent the link when I asked the same question on another forum.

https://www.ispreview.co.uk/index.php/2023/11/openre... - SOTAP for analogue

That's the one.

That would give us another 6 years, better than nothing. If I had my way the BT line would be disconnected and he would have to use the mobile we bought him.

In reply to a post by Zarjaz:

Yes.

Yes 1 stage requires no special equipment