Broadband and 2nd HH line

Hi

I have Home Highway at the moment which mans I get 2 phone lines and
the ISDN line.

If I switch to broadband do I lose the second phone line and end up
with just one phone line and the Broadband line.

HH is the only way they could get a second phone line into my property
and I really don't want to lose it.

Thanks in anticipation of a reply

"IslanderUK" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Hi
>
> I have Home Highway at the moment which mans I get 2 phone lines and
> the ISDN line.
I presume that you have one physical line which supports any two out of 2
digital and 2 analogue circuits simulteously - or which you get 2 analogue
numbers.


> If I switch to broadband do I lose the second phone line and end up
> with just one phone line and the Broadband line.
YES. The one physical line will now support 1 analogue number plus ADSL.

> HH is the only way they could get a second phone line into my property
> and I really don't want to lose it.
You will be able to use ADSL and the phone at the same time. But it is not
quite as flexible as HH.

Chris

IslanderUK <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
: HH is the only way they could get a second phone line into my property
: and I really don't want to lose it.

: Thanks in anticipation of a reply

BT Offer a second line service USING the Broadband connection. See the
newsgroup uk.telecom and www.bt.com/broadbandvoice

The only snag is that the "phone number" of this second phone will be
different to the present one (starting 05 I think)

On Thu, 5 Feb 2004 08:50:52 UTC, IslanderUK
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

> I have Home Highway at the moment which mans I get 2 phone lines and
> the ISDN line.

It's actually one physical line, with two channels which are shared
between ISDN and analogue, as required.

> If I switch to broadband do I lose the second phone line and end up
> with just one phone line and the Broadband line.

You end up with one line (as before) but now sharing the permanent
broadband signal with one normal analogue signal.

You will lose the second and third phone numbers. The only solution
would be a second line into the property.

--
Bob Eager
begin by not using Outlook Express...

"Bob Eager" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> On Thu, 5 Feb 2004 08:50:52 UTC, IslanderUK
> <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
> > I have Home Highway at the moment which mans I get 2 phone lines and
> > the ISDN line.
>
> It's actually one physical line, with two channels which are shared
> between ISDN and analogue, as required.
>
> > If I switch to broadband do I lose the second phone line and end up
> > with just one phone line and the Broadband line.
>
> You end up with one line (as before) but now sharing the permanent
> broadband signal with one normal analogue signal.
>
> You will lose the second and third phone numbers. The only solution
> would be a second line into the property.
>

Or Broadbandvoice as Brian mentioned, which by the way is a fantastic
service, particularly if you've got teenage kids!

Andy

On Thu, 5 Feb 2004 09:53:52 -0000, "Andy Lord" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>Or Broadbandvoice as Brian mentioned, which by the way is a fantastic
>service, particularly if you've got teenage kids!

if its the second number you value, rather than line, then CallSign
will give you another incoming number which could be one of the
existing ones. It rings differently and dvices like Twin Talk allow
you to have some phones respond to one ring and the rest to the other.

Phil

"Andy Lord" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Or Broadbandvoice as Brian mentioned, which by the way is a fantastic
> service, particularly if you've got teenage kids!
>
>
I'd say Skype is ideal for teenagers. My 13 year old and his friends spend
hours using it yet it does not cost the parents a penny extra.

"Phil Thompson" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> On Thu, 5 Feb 2004 09:53:52 -0000, "Andy Lord" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
> >Or Broadbandvoice as Brian mentioned, which by the way is a fantastic
> >service, particularly if you've got teenage kids!
>
> if its the second number you value, rather than line, then CallSign
> will give you another incoming number which could be one of the
> existing ones. It rings differently and dvices like Twin Talk allow
> you to have some phones respond to one ring and the rest to the other.
>

It's the second line at £7.50 a month, totally free off-peak local and
national calls and the fact that you pay for chargeable calls up front by
debit/credit card. If you don't put credit on it then it can only be used
for the free off-peak calls. And they don't tie up your main phone line.
It's brilliant.

Andy

"Alien Zord" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> "Andy Lord" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:fooUb.17553$(E-Mail Removed)...
> > Or Broadbandvoice as Brian mentioned, which by the way is a fantastic
> > service, particularly if you've got teenage kids!
> >
> >
> I'd say Skype is ideal for teenagers. My 13 year old and his friends spend
> hours using it yet it does not cost the parents a penny extra.
>
As long as all their friends have an internet connection, unfortunately my
daughter's best friend doesn't. I don't allow them to have internet
connected PCs in their bedrooms either, so I'd have to put up with listening
to their inane chatter all evening.

Andy

IslanderUK wrote:
> Hi
>
> I have Home Highway at the moment which mans I get 2 phone lines and
> the ISDN line.

No, you have a single ISDN line with a TA providing two analogue POTS
sockets each with its own number and two parallel-wired ISDN ports.

>
> If I switch to broadband do I lose the second phone line and end up
> with just one phone line and the Broadband line.

If you switch to broadband the line has to be converted back to an
analogue line. So you will have to get rid of your HH service.

>
> HH is the only way they could get a second phone line into my property
> and I really don't want to lose it.

You can't run ADSL over ISDN lines (on the BT network). Only analogue.