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Y'know what? VoIP can also be free from pesky regulation – US judges

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BT FTTP

I have fibre to the premises with BT, no copper at all and therefore all my calls are VOIP but I'm still charged for a phone line because Openreach have locked out access to the Fibre Voice Access part (ATA) within the ONT and only allow ISP's that are willing to pay extra to provide a "phoneline" access.

Hence why the Openreach ONT comes with a battery backup in case of powercuts you can still use the phone but if I wanted to run my own VOIP line I'd need a separate ATA box connected to my router (which doesn't have a UPS).

It's all a con to make more money.

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