Hub 4 / Telephone
Does anybody know whether or not I should have been sent a phone cable to plug my analogue phone (VM contract) into the Hub 4? Or are there some gotchas?
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The Hub 4 doesn't change the Telephone type you've got. So if you've got a separate line you'll keep that until Virgin Media offer an option to move across to the Hub based line.
Only if you're joining now for the first time will you automatically get a Hub based line - and you'd get the appropriate adapter. There is an exception to this where some areas are having their standalone (called TDM) lines switched off, and migrated across to the Hub based lines. But they've had specific letters about that so it's now something you'd miss. |
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Clear enough, thanks.
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Or if the Internet goes down |
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That's when your mobile phone comes in handy...
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However for full FTTP addresses it's the only way to get a fixed line as there is no metal cable to the address, and even in some HFC areas new connections are only now cabled with coax rather than the twin coax and telco cable. The key long term advantage is that it will allow Virgin to offer better services on the Hub based lines - some of the kit running the existing telco network is many many years old and can't be updated to new features and services. ---------- Post added at 17:20 ---------- Previous post was at 17:19 ---------- Quote:
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Or will it? Can you please explain more? |
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The only advantage I can see is for Virgin Media. Only one line to install/maintain. For the customer, it's 'all your eggs in one basket/hub' !
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But copper broadband is Fibre, Hybrid Coax is Fibre, Fibre is Fibre, a bowl of Muesli is probably fricking Fibre with Ooomph.
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But the price we pay for line rental is vastly inflated over the actual cost of those so I don't expect that saving to really impact customers. It's something that would have been better 10 or 20 years ago but these days, mobile phones are everywhere and a better alternative to Landlines. |
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