Path: csiph.com!eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!nntp.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Chris Newman Newsgroups: comp.sys.acorn.networking Subject: Digital switchover Date: Sun, 10 May 2026 23:35:22 +0100 Organization: None Lines: 36 Message-ID: <5cd7009a73mec@npost.uk> Injection-Date: Sun, 10 May 2026 22:36:30 +0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; logging-data="764985"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1/4vSqsjfyH1igstGyq93nDki1pIVNezao="; posting-host="7a3791a968f033bcf649d073096fbb30" User-Agent: Pluto/3.20 (RISC OS/5.31) NewsHound/v1.54 Cancel-Lock: sha1:Zg7CJiFoctFEKU7zPqztgFTQoaU= sha256:mujwL48fHTe1SjorRRlfXvdpLI2NKzUhuNcHQ3vCHbI= sha1:wB3Yiph0RftlLnjEU/vUioyFZUQ= Xref: csiph.com comp.sys.acorn.networking:5279 Hi, The time is looming it seem. I have no idea when the cut off point is for us here in Portsmouth (I think we're well down the list) but my provider PlusNet is not going to do voip phone, only broadband. I want to keep my landline. To that end, they have offered to move me over to EE at a very reasonable rate. EE is another provider in that group with BT. EE apparently will give you a free adapter to put your phone anywhere in the house, not just plugged in to the router. I'm hoping that adapter or another will allow me to keep the 4 phones I currently have wired around the house. My wife next door can do that with virgin so presumably it's possible. I suspect EE will want to put their router as near as possible to the front door where their cable will come in. That's a nuisance 'cause my current router is in the back top bedroom which I use as an office. The signal currently goes easily all round the premises. I have a Pi 4 and a RiscPC sans wi-fi so they are cabled to the router. I'm certainly not putting them by the front door. If PlusNet let me keep their router I'm hoping I can set it up as an access point and keep my kit upstairs wired to that. Observations, experiences etc re any of the above gratefully received. I'll copy this to the LiveTech list as well to spread the net wider. Regards, -- Chris Newman