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IDNet Help / Re: FTTP New Installation Process
« Last post by peasblossom on Today at 10:06:28 »If it's at all noisy (which I'm guessing it could easily be) 6am-8am to start a job like this is anti social for any neighbours too.
Openreach (BT) has informed ISPs and phone providers of their plan to pilot the new SOTAP for Analogue product from 1st May 2024, which is a phone line service that does NOT require broadband to function and will be targetted at vulnerable users who would otherwise struggle with migrating to an All-IP (internet) based phone service by 2025.Thats good news I think The changeover was a bit of a worry for some of us with elderly relatives
SOTAP for Analogue (Single Order Transitional Access Product for Analogue) attempts to replicate (or emulate) a traditional phone line “as closely as possible“. This is a standalone product that will be available “nationally”, even in areas that have already been upgraded to all-IP broadband technologies (e.g. FTTP and FTTC / SOGEA). But the focus here is only on migrations for existing / working lines (WLR3), so consumers won’t be able to order it as a NEW product.
https://www.ispreview.co.uk/index.php/2024/03/openreach-to-pilot-alternative-uk-analogue-phone-line-in-may-2024.html
Not nerdy enough. It doesn't account for different types of houses and, as Simon says, it assume everything runs smoothly. I'd be looking for an independent guide.
Like this guide from EE - https://ee.co.uk/help/broadband/getting-started/full-fibre-installation
Like this guide from EE - https://ee.co.uk/help/broadband/getting-started/full-fibre-installation
Have to say, it's real shame someone hasn't set up an explainer website where all this is gone into in nerdy (but helpful) detail.
Theoretically you could run powerline from ONT to the router, as it's just standard Ethernet, but I would not recommend it. Powerline stuff is rather fickle about mains wiring.
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