VOIP
Backstory: I am about to lose my ADSL Broadband. It's clear that, sooner rather than later, Openreach will 'convert' everyone in the area to fibre. For several reasons it makes more sense for me to...
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GuyAttf_2056631 Regardless of anything else, Smarty do make it clear that you should not rely on mobile signal to replace traditional broadband.
If a mast goes down then you would be without an alternative for contact.
Is the parent companies home broadband any different?
Traditional Broadband is even less reliable - frequent short interruptions while Fujitsu are working to extend Openreach's fibre network. My local 3 mast is on top of the local exchange building (380m, almost line-of-sight), I don't know whether our exchange still has a stand-by pair of diesel generators but I understand that Openreach have been removing them progressively . Most likely scenario is a power outage - no power = no broadband, no phone, no mobile. I still have a gas stove with manual ignition - at least I'll be warm!
