Sky dropping landline option?

iniltous

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/82092644#Comment_82092644

Sky do not use PSTN or WLR products so are unaffected, Sky use LLU , not WLR , their telephony is delivered from their own MSANs not the BT PSTN , Sky don’t have any PSTN to retire, however they will be moving to IP telephony via the router , it’s just not the same timeframe , Jan 2027 is not the end date for Sky non IP telephony because they are not dependent on ‘BT’ PSTN and haven’t been for years

southsidergs

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/82092620#Comment_82092620

Interesting, do you have landline & broadband with different providers? If that & the OP is the same it absolutely has to be move dot one. In fact why anybody still ahs them separate & is paying more for that I've no idea why

iniltous

The OP suggests Sky are providing both broadband and telephone, if the OP had BT telephone and Sky broadband (also very rare but makes more sense) this arrangement is called SMPF , shared metallic path facility, Sky now only use LLU/MPF for clarity that is local loop unbundling , metallic path facility….. with IP telephony coming, you can’t have two providers sharing a metallic path , but as it would be likely that Sky were broadband and BT telephone on SMPF , it has never been the other way around with Sky telephone and broadband from someone else , Sky contacting the customer would be to say the Sky broadband is being removed not the telephone…..so this isn’t likely to be the case .

as stated , probably best to actually see the notification Sky sent and read it rather than take someones interpretation which may be inaccurate.

JSmithy45AD

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6678800/sky-dropping-landline-option

I don't know what "A friend with, um, special needs" means exactly but before the PTSN is turned off, they'll possibly receive a new hub. Their existing phone hopefully just plugs into the back of the hub and everything works as before with 2 caveats.

Firstly, in the case of a power cut, the landline will not be usable.

Secondly, some medical alert pendants and the like may need changing or a battery backup for the hub supplied.