I don't think the Openreach ONT is going away for BT FTTP customers any time soon, so for now you are free to just plug whatever router you want into your ONT.
Unless you eccentrically expect to use your telephone line to make telephone calls. In which case you are rather tied to their router to power their propietary VoIP landline service.
For FTTP (or indeed FTTC) my ISP will sell a voip bundle for £3 a month or something on top. You just plug in a phone, maybe stick it on it's own VLAN if you want. There's plenty of other voip providers too.
Emotive language such as "eccentrically" is strange considering the decline in landline subscribers, and even less usage of an actual landline.
If you want to have a functioning "landline", why would you choose to use one bundled with your internet provider compared to a much more competitive independent voip provider?
> Unless you eccentrically expect to use your telephone line to make telephone calls. In which case you are rather tied to their router to power their propietary VoIP landline service.
If you're the kind of person who cares about your router, why would you care about their proprietary VoIP service? Just use any other VoIP provider of your choice.
Is that different from the landline service they offer directly from the ONT? My Openreach ONT has a telephone jack as well as the RJ45. I've never actually used the telephone jack, but I'd imagine I would get a voip-backed fake dial tone if I did?
gandalfian|2 years ago
ta1243|2 years ago
Daviey|2 years ago
If you want to have a functioning "landline", why would you choose to use one bundled with your internet provider compared to a much more competitive independent voip provider?
This is a good summary of the decline: https://www.wrappz.com/blog/decline-of-the-landline/
wolrah|2 years ago
If you're the kind of person who cares about your router, why would you care about their proprietary VoIP service? Just use any other VoIP provider of your choice.
garblegarble|2 years ago