Openreach to Pilot Alternative UK Analogue Phone Line in May 2024

[Simon]

Openreach (BT) has informed ISPs and phone providers of their plan to pilot the new SOTAP for Analogue product from 1st May 2024, which is a phone line service that does NOT require broadband to function and will be targetted at vulnerable users who would otherwise struggle with migrating to an All-IP (internet) based phone service by 2025.

SOTAP for Analogue (Single Order Transitional Access Product for Analogue) attempts to replicate (or emulate) a traditional phone line "as closely as possible". This is a standalone product that will be available "nationally", even in areas that have already been upgraded to all-IP broadband technologies (e.g. FTTP and FTTC / SOGEA). But the focus here is only on migrations for existing / working lines (WLR3), so consumers won't be able to order it as a NEW product.

https://www.ispreview.co.uk/index.php/2024/03/openreach-to-pilot-alternative-uk-analogue-phone-line-in-may-2024.html

[talos]

Openreach (BT) has informed ISPs and phone providers of their plan to pilot the new SOTAP for Analogue product from 1st May 2024, which is a phone line service that does NOT require broadband to function and will be targetted at vulnerable users who would otherwise struggle with migrating to an All-IP (internet) based phone service by 2025.

SOTAP for Analogue (Single Order Transitional Access Product for Analogue) attempts to replicate (or emulate) a traditional phone line "as closely as possible". This is a standalone product that will be available "nationally", even in areas that have already been upgraded to all-IP broadband technologies (e.g. FTTP and FTTC / SOGEA). But the focus here is only on migrations for existing / working lines (WLR3), so consumers won't be able to order it as a NEW product.

https://www.ispreview.co.uk/index.php/2024/03/openreach-to-pilot-alternative-uk-analogue-phone-line-in-may-2024.html

Thats good news I think   The changeover was a bit of a worry for some of us with elderly relatives