Advice Please-Home Telephone

[Norkie]

Hi guys, with the demise of the traditional land line phone, I need a telephone/answer machine to plug into my router. I currently have a BT handset.

Any recommendations please for a replacement?

 

[Peter123]

Not really answering your question Jak, but I gave up on landlines a few years ago.
Only have my mobile now and it comes with an answer phone.

 

[Mozthecat]

Which ISP are you with?

Some are updating routers to a model with a conventional BT style socket in the back alongside the ethernet rj45's, so you plug your existing analogue phone into it, and the router converts it to VOIP

 

[Mr Bump]

umm is there such a thing? like a VOIP phone?
have you lost/discontinued your phone line then?

 

[Norkie]

Not really answering your question Jak, but I gave up on landlines a few years ago.
Only have my mobile now and it comes with an answer phone.

Thanks Peter, the main reason is. Couple of elderly relatives who are stuck on land lines, they don’t have a mobile phone and won’t ring us on our mobiles!

 

[boogie man]

Which ISP are you with?

Some are updating routers to a model with a conventional BT style socket in the back alongside the ethernet rj45's, so you plug your existing analogue phone into it, and the router converts it to VOIP

Yes, our Sky router accepts a normal landline plug.

 

[Norkie]

Which ISP are you with?

Some are updating routers to a model with a conventional BT style socket in the back alongside the ethernet rj45's, so you plug your existing analogue phone into it, and the router converts it to VOIP

Yes my router (Sky) has a BT style socket, so I can just plug it straight in? Cool

 

[Norkie]

umm is there such a thing? like a VOIP phone?
have you lost/discontinued your phone line then?

I thought that was what we needed? A VOIP phone?

 

[Mr Bump]

I thought that was what we needed? A VOIP phone?

oddly enough I am still sat in Gran Canaria and the router in the bungalow does have little rj45 sockets with a little telephone logo above
so as above it seems to be built in just needs to be configured some how?

 

[Steep]

My full fibre router came with an adaptor that lets you plug a standard phone into it.

 

[Nod]

Yes my router (Sky) has a BT style socket, so I can just plug it straight in? Cool

Yes. Or at least, WE can with our BT router thingy. Got our old Panasonic cordless phone(s) plugged into it.

 

[JohnMcL7]

umm is there such a thing? like a VOIP phone?
have you lost/discontinued your phone line then?

Yes, there are some handsets that can plug straight into a network connection or there's Analogue Telephone Adapters (ATAs) that allow you to plug a normal phone into them and then you plug that into a router like the Grandstream 801.

To the OP: I'd recommend having a look the A&A VOIP service if you're not going to use your ISP:

(A&A) VoIP: Learn more

www.aa.net.uk

Sipgate used to operate a free VOIP service which is what I use plugging a BT DECT system into a Grandstream 801 but they've withdrawn that service now and A&A seems to be the recommended alternative.

 

[leaky5]

Hi guys, with the demise of the traditional land line phone, I need a telephone/answer machine to plug into my router. I currently have a BT handset.

Any recommendations please for a replacement?

What router do you have ?

BT do a wireless adapter which connects to the BT home hub.
It means you can put your phone in a different room to the home hub

 

[Norkie]

What router do you have ?

BT do a wireless adapter which connects to the BT home hub.
It means you can put your phone in a different room to the home hub

Hi Richard, I have a Sky router.
But I followed some advice from this thread and I just plugged my existing phone into the RJ45 plug and it works!
Thanks for all your help and advice