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Bt Home Hub questions?

Hi there,

I am just about to phone up to get the free bt connection deal. But i am wanting to take a package with broadband as well. I currently have cable broadband so i am really new at this. If i get bt home hub does it mean that the phone will be engaged when i am online?

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  • Heinz
    Heinz Posts: 11,191 Forumite
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    If i get bt home hub does it mean that the phone will be engaged when i am online?
    No, if you get ADSL broadband on a standard 'BT-type' line, the BB is carried on the same pair of wires as the voice telephone but that does not prevent them being used at the same time. Special ADSL in-line filters are used for each telephone handset to mask the broadband noise.
    Time has moved on (much quicker than it used to - or so it seems at my age) and my previous advice on residential telephony has been or is now gradually being overtaken by changes in the retail market. Hence, I have now deleted links to my previous 'pearls of wisdom'. I sincerely hope they helped save some of you money.
  • Pssst
    Pssst Posts: 4,803 Forumite
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    No. The line is shared with phone and data passing via the same wires. Clever eh?

    Before you sign with BT,go along to https://www.samknows.com find your exchngae,and see what LLU presences there are there.
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