Greetings;
Have just received notification of my landline service being turned over to VOIP. I have viewed the FAQ's on the VM website (especially those pertaining to other devices like extensions and voicemail recorders) and have questions, namely:
My hub is situated in an upstairs bedroom/workshop hard wired (via ethernet) to my adjacent PC and and downstairs (via ethernet) to my Tivo TV box. However, my primary phone and voicemail recorder are situated downstairs - currently connected to VM's copper service connection box - adjacent to my TIVO box. The second phone is situated within the main bedroom and the third (adjacent to my PC) within the above bedroom/workshop.
In view of this, would I be correct to assume (that to make all of this work) the incoming VM copper connection would be physically disconnected at the VM service connection box reversing the string of phones, I.e. the phone within my bedroom/workshop would now become the primary phone with the others acting as extensions?
From a technical point of view, this would make sense as the current hard wiring for all of the phones could still be utilised, I.e. the (now) primary phone would be the one connected to the adapter?
Lastly (and controversially), as this would effectively do away with the hard copper phone line coming into the property; would it also be safe to assume that the landline standing charge would be dropped? Controversial question indeed, but as the VOIP phone service would be over "fibre optic" how could the user be expected to pay a standing charge for a dedicated service which would no longer exists - just asking?
I look forward to all responses.
Cheers
Chris D
