RISK Switched from BT to EE for home and mobile but lost my second phone at home

[KatheT]

I've recently switched from BT to EE for my home broadband. I was already an EE Mobile customer.
Thing is I am not steady on my feet and recently had another bad fall - as in my Apple Watch (minus sim) wanted to phone emergency services!

I previously had a SECOND BT phone in an easily reachable place between bedroom and bathroom for if I fell - and I now no longer have this second phone - which was intended for situations like this.

I'm trying to work out how I can have a "to be rarely used" phone in the exact same place.
I'm planning on swopping my iPhone 12 (which uses a digital sim ie no card) for a new one in the autumn and wonder if I could use this to operate off my home broadband. 

If so, what sim would I need to make that connection? It's not for going out. It's strictly for staying at home and linking to the home broadband!

Bottom line I'm looking for a cheapish solution to reduce the risk of problems if I fell - and need to ask for help.

This time I didnt break anything and was able to "bottom walk" the lengthy journey to my chair where my mobile was. But it would have been so much easier to call a friend with a key if I had an accessible working phone nearby.

Do I really need to buy an Apple Watch which I can use to phone? Or is there an easier solution

[JimM11]

@KatheT If it's a corded landline phone you could ask EE to supply you a DVA Digital Voice Adapter to work and connect to the DV Dect side off the EE Hub, allows you to place a phone as long as that DVA can reach the Hub on the frequency side....

Free off charge just give them a call, Link below have a look at the you tube video.

How to set up your Digital Home Phone - The EE Community

You need to call EE and also get yourself on the Vulnerable policy that they have, may help you possibly in the future.

[KatheT]

I've now identified I can get an Asda "pay as you go data pack" for £4 a month for talk and text - which is all I need.

I'm just wondering if anybody at EE has realised that there's a bunch of older people out there who need spare telephones for emergencies which won't be used a lot.

I'm also investigating an alarm service - but cannot seem to find anything about this on the EE site......
Has EE calculated the number of older people in the UK recently?

[XRaySpeX]

You can have as many landline phones as you like, at least a fair no., running off DV from your BB. Any that are remote from the router need to be plugged into an ATA adapter which plugs into a mains socket & talks to the router using DECT. See Set up and use a Digital Home Phone Adapter

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@KatheT wrote:

I'm planning on swopping my iPhone 12 (which uses a digital sim ie no card) for a new one in the autumn and wonder if I could use this to operate off my home broadband. 

If so, what sim would I need to make that connection? 

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No special SIM. It would use your BB using WiFi Calling if it can't connect over the mobile network.