Thank you both Joseph_B and goslow for your responses, I appreciate your time.
I should have said in my original post that my neighbours have had their adaptors for over 2 months now, so I'm worried that mine might have been lost in the post. Is there anyway I can check when the switchover date for my area is? That way I know how long I have left to get an adaptor.
I have read through the links that you both sent, and I now understand how multiple internal telephone sockets can be linked by a Virgin engineer, once the external line is severed. However, we only have one telephone socket downstairs, with one cordless telephone. So I think the solution for us will be to buy a new cordless telephone with 2 bases, so the main base can be upstairs next to the Virgin hub, and the second base downstairs. Running an extension cable from the hub to downstairs I suppose is also an option, but more hassle than just buying a new phone with 2 bases and 2 handsets.
One other less relevant question please, because I'm curious. I always thought that Virgin used it's own network for TV, phone and broadband, so completely independent of BT's telephone lines that connect from telegraph poles to houses. If so, could the switchover not be done at the street cabinet? Connecting the telephone lines to the fibre network at at the street cabinet? I presume from my house, a coax and a telephone line go under the street to the street cabinet, or is there only one coax cable that leaves the house to the cabinet?
Thank you both again. Hope someone can clarify that last question! Thanks.
