I would have thought the majority of households with a telephone service but no broadband would be typically the more elderly so more likely than not to be BT Retail customers.

So the question is, are BT retail going to be terminating their telephone line service or switching them to a VOIP solution needing a broadband carrier to provide the VOIP and if so is this likely to be a SOGEA service rather than SOTAP or wireless or 4G or satellite?

Edit: Replaced FTTC with SOGEA and replaced ADSL with SOTAP

Edited by deleted (Fri 11-Feb-22 16:16:58)

But we all know there isn't the physical capacity in the FTTC network to supply 97% on the country with an FTTC connection.
Fortunately FTTC is just one option.

Probably SOTAP.

As said line only needs around 128 Kbps to function adequately for voice.

SoTAP is the openreach product for a basic phone service over broadband metallic path between the customer premises and the exchange.

I thought ADSL used to run from the exchange on 'copper' not fibre, so if the exchange 'copper' is going..................? I am 4.5 miles from my exchange and when earlier on ADSL the performance was dreadful.

The exchange copper is not going anywhere for years yet.

In reply to a post by Pheasant:

Probably SOTAP.

As said line only needs around 128 Kbps to function adequately for voice.

Yeah I do realise that, when I made refer to ADSL I meant SOTAP and when I said FTTC I meant SOGEA

In reply to a post by witchunt:

SoTAP is the openreach product for a basic phone service over broadband metallic path between the customer premises and the exchange.

Its going to be a nightmare if over SOTAP, my old ADSL line went down for hours just at the mention of thunder although no issues with the telephone service that run over the same cable from the exchange.

Interesting, thanks. When in service and how does it connect to lines not in the FTTC cab? Is the 'old' copper path still there in the 'old' cab?

Excuse my 'supplementary', but will it carry the 48v supply?