The handset works with BT’s Digital Voice home phone service which can be connected to their Smart Hub 2 router. It also has the potential to encourage people who would not normally use a voice assistant to explore the technology further, especially as that encouragement is coming from a trusted brand like BT. Does that mean many houses will have to be rewired by the electrical companies to add electric sockets near the BT sockets?

Companies have been aware of the Digital Voice roll-out for some time, and many reputable brands have been exploring whether their services will still work using a digital phone service. If you have neighbours or friends and family who are potentially vulnerable, it’s also worth considering alternative ways of checking in if there’s a power outage. People with chronic medical conditions in rural districts, where mobile signal is poor are concerned with what happens when the 21st century “World Beating” flown power supply goes down. You can choose to get two Essential Digital Home Phones at no extra cost with the Digital Voice service. However, while Alexa is able to connect to smart devices around the house, it is not a surveillance tool, and its implementation into BT's Advanced Digital Home Phone is entirely at the user's discretion.As it stands line rental covers physical infrastructure and basic PSTN provision so i suspect the cost of providing DV will be absorbed into broadband packages. If you have already looked for the answer to your question and have not found anything that can help, then please ignore this message. The answerphone is impressive too, holding up to 60 minutes of recordings, any of which can be listened to remotely if you’re away from home.

Main issue with FFTH is that the OTp has to be on an outside wall, so the router may well have to be the corner of your front room , rather than more central.For relatively small money a decent landline phone can actually turn out to be mighty handy, as we’ve just discovered after binning our ancient existing handset and replacing it with a shiny new offering. While some phones might require an adaptor, many will continue working (particularly DECT cordless phones) – you'll just have to plug yours into your router or a new socket. With some numbers on board we gave the unit a whirl after first charging it for the recommended 16 (! The rest of the handsets can then soak in the invisible phoneability-juice that the main one has farted into the air (please excuse all the technical jargon).