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@jamespa Ta, will do. worst case I will be on a 30 day contract, so can exit without too much pain and already have telephony via mobile. I was wi...
@majordennisbloodnok Thanks. I only ordered the hub yesterday, it’s not here yet. Because of the complicated arrangement I have with the VM rep ( h...
@majordennisbloodnok VM hub 5. I read that I needed to switch it to run on modem mode on the VM tech pages in order to facilitate non VM VOIP provisio...
@jamespa Thanks. Yes I get a DECT station with the yealink handsets. It’s a bit of a pain I have to “waste” one of the mesh stations to act as a route...
@majordennisbloodnok Thanks, so in summary. 1. Switch the VM hub to be in modem mode. 2. Connect the Ethernet cable from the IP phone into the ...
@jamespa I can’t remember complaining, my dad had to execute the wire taps which were in a restricted area of the exchange so he’d leave me with the l...
@majordennisbloodnok yes, I’ve decided you are correct. We only make a handful of outgoing landline calls so it makes sense to PAYG. The cheapest incl...
@jamespa I still use my dads GPO tools to this day, he left just as telephone exchanges were digitalising and closing. I have fond memories of being a...
@jamespa if it was just me I’d ditch the home phone altogether, but the oldies like to use a landline. Although my father was a telephone engineer,...
@jamespa Wow, seems complex but I think I understand what you have done. That A&A service looks interesting, the household largely uses mobiles...
@majordennisbloodnok Thanks. I had a debate about renewal cost with my ISP and decided it was time to decouple the telephony to a stand alone VOIP ...
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