I don't disagree with the main points, but I feel it's important to add that all providers using SoGEA/SoADSL have to provide consumer customers with a battery backup if they don't have access to a mobile or signal across all networks is poor to ensure they can make an emergency call that lasts for more than an hour. Most of these are a battery backup and a sim card/box that just lets you call 999 though, so life alert systems and alarms etc will still stop working when there's a power cut, and no one actually knows if those systems would work anyways (a lot of them are years and years old)
In theory yes, in practice they are opting out of this by having customers sign a waiver and agree that they (customer) will solve the issue. Its actually naughty and I feel solving a problem by stepping round it. I don't know legally how this stands with regards to service obligations but two providers I've seen the waiver letter to the customer. Most ECI/Huawei modems have battery support, only a few routers do and no IP phones do. I might cover this as a separate video as we do run the same kit on battery regularly. The same is happening with FTTP. One of our staff has a Huawei unit fitted by Openreach that has FXO outputs and a huge battery. Another just has the junky little CPE supplied by the same with out any backup support, a business hub and a cordless Grandstream Handset.
So, when the PSTN lines go off (exp: Dec 2025) a few million people will just do nothing: and their ISPs will migrate them to SoADSL/SoTAP, as I understand it. If we're happy staying without a home phone line, then this is no big deal, i guess. But will Ofcom let ISPs charge us *more* £s for this? Because I can't see how that could possibly be okay. Can you get Digital Voice with SoADSL/SoTAP, out of interest? Or you have to upgrade to at least SoGEA for that? Thankyou.
Thats the plan. If you are a business they will try to sign you up to an epically over the top VOIP system and wont give you credentials to roll your own. We have had them twice try to rip out a custmers three year ols Sangoma VOIP setup and all phones just to install their own restricted lower specced system.
