BT Advanced Digital Home Phone with Alexa Built-In Works Only With BT Smart Hub 2

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I have seen reports on other forums describing the same issue and suggesting that, at least for the time being, Digital Voice is not being offered. If you’re simply migrating to a digital phone line without upgrading to full fibre, then there won’t be any change to the physical infrastructure. In terms of additional features then there’s not much this handset/docking station combo can't handle, with number blacklisting and a Do Not Disturb setting all adding value. If you want to keep your current phone and are not able to connect into the back of your Smart Hub 2, you might need an adaptor which we will send you for free.

This can take on up to 1,000 nuisance numbers before the phone most likely implodes or you give up and get rid of your landline altogether. Dan Grabham is the former associate editor at Pocket-lint working across features, news and reviews and has extensive experience writing about computing, mobile and internet topics. I am going to have to find some way of attaching the base to side table or it will be going everywhere.

The Digital Voice (DV) service is a Voice-over-Internet-Protocol ( VoIP) style product that sends the voice transmission over your broadband connection (e. If you have neighbours or friends and family who are potentially vulnerable, it’s also worth considering alternative ways of checking in if there’s a power outage.

For many, a lack of a landline won't be too much of a concern, as 98% of British adults have a mobile phone. Effective digital solutions still need to be put in place for all of these before the copper network is switched off. The demise of the PSTN is linked to the roll-out of full fibre broadband in the UK, although the two aren't on the same timeline.Depending on the kind of phone you have, you may not get all the features that come with Digital Voice. If you are thinking of changing to HD phones, then these, with or without Alexa, are an excellent choice! As they’re cordless, you can use them both pretty much anywhere in your home (with a range of 50m indoors and 300m outdoors). So my question is: when phone lines are switched off what will happen to my phone line which doesn’t work with broadband? BT is attempting to extort gratitude from the people on whom this system, for which they did not ask, is being imposed.