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Written by James Seward on 2024-12-20 at 13:22

Are there any prosumer router type things which handle breaking out the connection for a landline (from FTTP)?

Having fixed their surprise IPv6-only problem, today my parents' Sky router "made a rustling noise" (I'm taking to be shorting of some kind) and won't power on any more. Tempted to replace it with something I can manage properly, but they now don't have a traditional phone line, just fibre.

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Written by Daniel Durrans on 2024-12-20 at 13:47

@jamesoff I think this depends on how Sky handle the voice component.

BT, as an example, do some "weird shit" which means that they require you to use their router if you want the voice part to work. It isn't as simple as plugging some SIP info into a SIP phone. The voice part isn't going over the same PPPoE thingy as the internet traffic.

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Written by James Seward on 2024-12-20 at 13:49

@dan Yes; their router has a "traditional" phone socket on the back (the rectangular kind you'd find on a BT wall socket) and the regular phone is just plugged in to that. I'm wondering if there's an aftermarket router which does the same but is less terrible than the Sky-provided box :)

(Also apparently it wasn't the router which died, it was the PON, which hopefully makes getting a swap done easier for them for now)

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Written by Daniel Durrans on 2024-12-20 at 13:51

@jamesoff There is an interesting thread here about BT's Digital Voice. I imagine Sky is similar:

https://forums.thinkbroadband.com/fibre/4664092-bt-fttp-with-digital-voice-alternative-to-smart-hub-2.html?fpart=all&vc=1

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