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BT landline upgrade to digital service

lyG4
Investigator
Investigator

I have a BT landline home phone and I have EE broadband.
When the BT landline gets upgraded to the digital service, will I be able to continue with BT home phone and with EE broadband ?

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lyG4
Investigator
Investigator

I have a BT landline home phone and I have EE broadband.
When the BT landline gets upgraded to the digital service, will I be able to continue with BT home phone and with EE broadband ?

garybs29
Scholarly Contributor
Scholarly Contributor

No, be easier to get BT broadband & keep the phone number active if you need it. In fact probably best to look at it anyway as I'd imagine you're paying more for them separate just now anyway

XRaySpeX
EE Community Star
EE Community Star

@lyG4 : Yes, they are 2 separate providers & services, landline with BT & BB with EE. Your BT landline will be unaffected by you having EE BB other than that analogue landlines will be phased out Jan. next year..

I have the same. You should find that BT will convert your landline to digital by offering you a Dedicated Landline Service which is effectively "DV from the exchange". See Digital Voice with No Router, No Change or Extra Kit in Home, No Engineer Visit

What type of BB do you have from EE, ADSL, partial Fibre or Full Fibre?

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To phone EE CS: Dial Freephone +44 800 079 8586 - Option 1 for Home Broadband & Home Phone or Option 2 for Mobile Phone & Mobile Broadband

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lyG4
Investigator
Investigator

Will the new BT digital service operate over EE broadband, so that I can keep my BT home phone and keep my EE broadband, when the BT landline gets upgraded to the digital service ?

XRaySpeX
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EE Community Star

@lyG4 : You've already asked this and been answered.

If you don't have your landline with EE, EE BB will have no bearing on it. They are separate providers and products. 

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To phone EE CS: Dial Freephone +44 800 079 8586 - Option 1 for Home Broadband & Home Phone or Option 2 for Mobile Phone & Mobile Broadband

ISPs: 1999: Freeserve 48K Dial-Up > 2005: Wanadoo 1 Meg BB > 2007: Orange 2 Meg BB > 2008: Orange 8 Meg LLU > 2010: Orange 16 Meg LLU > 2011: Orange 20 Meg WBC > 2014: EE 20 Meg WBC > 2020: EE 40 Meg FTTC > 2022:EE 80 Meg FTTC SoGEA > 2025 EE 150 Meg FTTP

Thanks for your help.  I had a letter from BT saying " The existing landline has become outdated and is being replaced with a digital service that works over a broadband connection ".
Because I'm elderly and not technically - minded, I assumed this means the new digital service will be working over my EE broadband connection. 
Seems like this is not what the letter meant ?

The letter from BT also said " You can no longer take broadband and a landline from different providers. This means that you'll need to switch to BT Broadband to keep your BT home phone service "

XRaySpeX
EE Community Star
EE Community Star

It might depend on what type of BB you have from EE, Do you have ADSL, partial Fibre or Full Fibre?

I have Full Fibre. So it doesn't depend on a landline & so BT could offer me the Dedicated Landline Service. If you have ADSL or partial Fibre from EE hosted on your BT landline it could well be different & you will need to merge your BB & landline from the same provider.

What does BT Wholesale Broadband Availability Checker estimate for your phone number? Post just the whole table and the line above it, blanking out your phone number. If it doesn't recognise your phone number or you don't have one, use the Address Checker, not the Postcode Checker.

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To phone EE CS: Dial Freephone +44 800 079 8586 - Option 1 for Home Broadband & Home Phone or Option 2 for Mobile Phone & Mobile Broadband

ISPs: 1999: Freeserve 48K Dial-Up > 2005: Wanadoo 1 Meg BB > 2007: Orange 2 Meg BB > 2008: Orange 8 Meg LLU > 2010: Orange 16 Meg LLU > 2011: Orange 20 Meg WBC > 2014: EE 20 Meg WBC > 2020: EE 40 Meg FTTC > 2022:EE 80 Meg FTTC SoGEA > 2025 EE 150 Meg FTTP
garybs29
Scholarly Contributor
Scholarly Contributor

@lyG4 Does the letter from BT have a number on it too? TBH calling them would be the best way to get a straight answer too if it does