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Originally Posted by Sephiroth
But is there a proper VOIP service for users with IP phones via the telephone port (which is not Ethernet).
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Not sure what you mean by a 'proper VoIP service'
VoIP is a description of a technology, not a specific set of features.
The VoIP setup for the Hub based lines on Virgin Media (and Openreach for the most part) is designed to replicate an analogue phone service to minimise disruption as much as possible to how customers use their phone line, and to allow as much as existing UK approved phone equipment to be reused as possible.
The Hub based VoIP has a dedicated IP path between the Hub and Virgin Media and doesn't go near the customer accessible broadband connection.
VoIP is in VoWiFi or VoLTE on mobile devices, but those again are designed to replicate how circuit-switched calls from mobile devices work to the end user.
'OTT' VoIP uses Ethernet or WiFi compatible kit connected to a router over a broadband connection.