RT-AX86U and BT Smarthub2 Query Hi all, Getting my BT full fibre in a few days and I have read that to use Digital Voice, I need to use the BT Smarthub 2 otherwise I...

[kev2021]

Hi,

As an example, lets say FTTP with no  phone at all, they will charge lets say £35.  If I say I want to keep my phone line and have FTTP, they will charge me £35 BUT you can pay your line rental up front for 1 year which works out that you effectively get 1 month for free last I knew.

So either way they are still charging you line rental so makes no sense to not have it.

I believe in big towns, there are companies that will provide just FTTP with no line rental and then you can sign up to a VOIP provider and move your number BUT BT will still charge you regardless.

Where i live, I don’t have a option to go with a supplier that wont charge line rental jet but I suspect that will come eventually and by then, BT will prob drop the line rental charge to remain competitive or they will loose too much business, atm they have a bit of a monopoly tbh.

Kev

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[Grisu]

I think we don’t have such a thing like line rental.

You pay for your speed, the higher the more and line is included as you can’t get DSL without a line (or fiber).
Some lucky people have an old copper line and fiber or cable as well (from different provider), so they can choose (internet & phone) which one they like to use and pay for.
If you port DSL to another ISP it will be the same and you pay them, maybe little cheaper (and they have a regulated contract with the line holder/owner Telekom).

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[UK Sentinel]

From a UK perspective BT falls within the Critical National Infrastructure (CNI) so it is legativly obliged  to provide communication which is heavily regulated / guided by Critical Nation Infrastructure / National Cyber Security Centre and others (I believe).

BT has a long and complex history in UK and is regulated by Ofcom also.

In a completely sane world, madness is the only freedom (J.G.Ballard).

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