Landline on different Fibre packages

[Suspect99]

So After a year of trenching Openserve finally have fibre active in my area. Yay

Now, I have certain members of the household that insist in having a landline in the house. They don't mind if we get rid of the copper line, but want to keep a physical phone and the same phone number.

Now I see that Telkoms uncapped packages, come with free calls. I'm assuming this means that I can get rid of the copper line and use some sort of VOIP offering.

The other ISPs offers for data seem cheaper, but I'm not sure how the voice calls will work with them?

Can anyone shed light on the matter of how voice calls work with Telkom and the other ISPs?

 

[LPCPT]

There seems to be very few offerings for fixed phone on fibre. Was interested myself, but will get around that and save me some moola.

 

[Suspect99]

unfortunately for me. I need the landline

 

[ponder]

So After a year of trenching Openserve finally have fibre active in my area. Yay

Now, I have certain members of the household that insist in having a landline in the house. They don't mind if we get rid of the copper line, but want to keep a physical phone and the same phone number.

Now I see that Telkoms uncapped packages, come with free calls. I'm assuming this means that I can get rid of the copper line and use some sort of VOIP offering.

The other ISPs offers for data seem cheaper, but I'm not sure how the voice calls will work with them?

Can anyone shed light on the matter of how voice calls work with Telkom and the other ISPs?

Just plug your existing phone into the fibre ont

You should keep your existing number.

Your phone will work fia fibre and the copper falls away. Just one thing to note if you lose power to the ont your phone will stop working, can always power the ont via a ups.

 

[Suspect99]

Just plug your existing phone into the fibre ont

You should keep your existing number.

Is this with telkom only or with all Isps? And if with all ISPs how do the charges for the calls and the old POTs charge work

 

[ponder]

Is this with telkom only or with all Isps? And if with all ISPs how do the charges for the calls and the old POTs charge work

Telkom. other isps will offer you voip solutions. Maybe you can still get it from telkom if you're with another isp but they will bill you for the land line.

 

[Suspect99]

Telkom. other isps will offer you voip solutions.

Cool thanks

 

[isie]

Now, I have certain members of the household that insist in having a landline in the house. They don't mind if we get rid of the copper line, but want to keep a physical phone and the same phone number.

Just note only Telkom gives the free Telkom to Telkom calls.
So if you change To another VOIP provider, your Aunty going to Swear when she gets a bill for calling you

 

[Suspect99]

So I'm probably going with Telkom Home Unlimited 20mbps for R999. You get lots of extras, and free installation, router, and free calls and a data sim of 3gb a month.

Is there anything better at that price point? including a Landline

 

[Suspect99]

And another thing. We have about 4 landline extensions in the house. How would the extensions work with the ONT?

 

[StoneCold]

And another thing. We have about 4 landline extensions in the house. How would the extensions work with the ONT?

At my parents house Openserve had to install what they call a "loop" at the distribution box at the pole. This allowed them to have two phone line extensions with access to make or receive calls. In other words, it's basically one connection to the premises that is essentially "split" via two extensions. One extension is in their home and the other in a granny flat. When I lived in the granny flat I had a phone line connected to the ONT and in the house they had their phone connected to their extension. I would imagine the same would apply in your case, but I can't say for certain that it would work that way if it's more than 2 extensions.

I forgot to mention that the granny flat had it's own analogue line from the pole and the house has it's own. So I suppose the "loop" was basically to link the two physical lines. If all the extensions are in the same house, then I doubt it would be necessary for this "loop" they installed at my parents' premises.

 

[Suspect99]

At my parents house Openserve had to install what they call a "loop" at the distribution box at the pole. This allowed them to have two phone line extensions with access to make or receive calls. In other words, it's basically one connection to the premises that is essentially "split" via two extensions. One extension is in their home and the other in a granny flat. When I lived in the granny flat I had a phone line connected to the ONT and in the house they had their phone connected to their extension. I would imagine the same would apply in your case, but I can't say for certain that it would work that way if it's more than 2 extensions.

I forgot to mention that the granny flat had it's own analogue line from the pole and the house has it's own. So I suppose the "loop" was basically to link the two physical lines. If all the extensions are in the same house, then I doubt it would be necessary for this "loop" they installed at my parents premises.

Thanks for the info.

 

[Suspect99]

Applied on Monday. Openserve technician is coming to my house tomorrow. That was fast

 

[Suspect99]

Fibre up and running. That was fast yoh.