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1446359 2018-02-16 04:52:00 Help please

Vodafone want to shift me over to VOIP on VDSL2

currently we have three phones (All portable ) and SKY plugged into our copper network,

Is there any way I can keep using my house wired network on a VDSL system.

I had the house wired with 2 splitters one in the house and one in the outside workshop

currently the VDSL modem is in the house.

any hep appreciated

Bryan
videoguy (1351)
1446360 2018-02-16 07:42:00 Never had anything to do with VDSL, but with fibre they add a wee box, this can be wired back to the master jackpoint, instead of the jackpoints coming from the copper, it's wired together and into the fibre . So you can continue to have phones plugged into your various jackpoints round the house .



Or, as my brother does, he has 3 phones, one is the master and the other 2 are handsets, so don't actually plug into anything except power . The main one is plugged into his modem .
piroska (17583)
1446361 2018-02-16 07:48:00 We are currently with Spark VDSL and still have normal Landline all over copper so the answer is yes you can. If you go to Fibre it gets a bit more tricky. CliveM (6007)
1446362 2018-02-16 09:57:00 We have fibre, with a 2degrees Fritzbox modem. One portable phone is plugged into the modem, and a cable from the modem to the old jackpoint in the wall that originally supplied that phone from the copper network, feeds another portable and on old fixed phone. I had some trouble getting the connections right, as perusing my post on 4 December 2017 and replies will show. This modem also provides answer machine and call waiting. Brucem (8688)
1446363 2018-02-16 19:54:00 Yes you can, and maybe the installers will help you out and maybe they won't and you'll have to organise the wiring yourself.
you won't need splitters afterwards either.

Slightly confusing is your statement of being wired with 2 splitters, normally you either only have 1 master splitter (and that should be the case with VDSL) or you have a plug in splitter at each jackpoint in use for phone service. You never need two wired splitters.
Anyway, the splitters come out, the copper line gets disconnected, and the new VOIP line from the Vodafone hardware gets wired into the jackpoints across the same point the copper line used to be. It can back feed from any jackpoint if it's wired correctly and is easily done if there's a jackpoint near the fibre gear. Maybe talk to Vodafone and see if they'll agree to do the wiring as part of the install.
dugimodo (138)
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