Digital Phone Switchover again
Hi,
I've received the notification of the Digital Switchover via email. This morning I also took a very confusing call on the subject from someone who may have been a representative of Virgin Media but who said he didn't have access to the "three characters from the account password" feature so would have to ask for other personal details instead. When I pushed back against this, he claimed he now did have access to the password. It all sounded a bit shady so I terminated the call.
I would like to arrange a switchover date (and a new hub) but it sounds as though the phone lines are slammed with enormous waiting times and the text chat feature is sending people around in a loop. I'm hoping to be able to arrange everything here by PM.
As far as I know there shouldn't be any special requirements for the installation, nor a need for an engineer. I have five phones; one DECT base-station, three DECT satellite handsets and an old-school ex-BT handset from the 1980s. Obviously the latter will stop working but I'm reasonably sure the DECT phones, though old (they're labelled Cable & Wireless!) should be OK with the new hub, and maybe an adapter, once I've moved the base-station nearer to the hub.
The current hub is a SuperHub 2 which will need to be replaced.
I only have a couple of technical questions which the community may be able to answer before any official VM contact:
- Will the Caller ID function on the DECT phones continue to work when connected via the hub and/or adapter? Or is this impossible to answer broadly, and more a case of "try it and see"?
- Will the new hub be able to be configured for Modem Mode? I have my own router and a highly customised network arrangement that I'd really rather not disturb.
Thanks.