Some NBN Setup Questions

Iggemo on 26/05/2019 - 12:41

Gday dudes,

I am about to sign up to NBN and just had a couple of Qs tech related that i thought the tech-savvy crew at OzB could help me out with!

So in my house atm we have 2 landlines with 2 separate numbers. When i get NBN installed to the house, will one or both of those landlines still be available to be used on the old copper phone line service or will all of that be switched off immediately? I think there is an 18 month hangover?

Also, does a VOIP phone need to be near a socket and plugged in or can it be wireless since it's just internet?

Can you keep the same phone number when swapping from landline to VOIP?

Thanks all! My dad lives in the same property and he's an old pensioner so he would like to use his copper landline for as long as possible, i do worry about what senior citizens will do without them!

Cheers!

Internet Broadband nbn

Comments

  • twobit on 26/05/2019 - 13:04
    +2

    You can put both numbers onto a VOIP system. Most modems with have two phone ports and you can plug a phone into it.

    However if you have an extension internally they will cease to work and have to run a new lead. I would suggest in your case a linksys ATA as that way it can be connected via Ethernet and get away from phone extensions.

    If you advise NBN Tech type and provider we can give more help

    Edit: if you only port one number to VOIP then you will still keep the other copper line until the end of the NBN swappover

    • Iggemo on 26/05/2019 - 13:06

      Thanks!

      I only want to keep the one number but i was hoping i could still use copper landline for 18 months or does switching to NBN literally mean they cull ALL copper landlines to that house?

      The tech type is HFC and the provider will be TPG i think. So it's not possible to have NBN and copper landline at the same time, even if u had several copper landlines to the residence?

      Yeah it's a bit annoying cos my modem is nowhere near where i want the phone to live, completely opposite sides of the house

      • yippy on 26/05/2019 - 15:18
        +2

        I switched to using a cordless telephone kit with NBN, I plugged the base station to the supplied router and then placed the handsets and mounts wherever I wanted through the house.

      • [Deactivated] on 27/05/2019 - 09:19

        I did something different and it's not for everyone.

        I have NBN HFC which no longer uses my houses copper phone lines. I cut the old copper phone line where its connects to the house and now have no actual connection to an outside land line phone network. I ran a phone line lead from the voip connection on my modem back to the wall outlet that was previously used for my ADSL connection, and my old home phone in its old location (on the other side of the house) now works through VOIP.

  • twobit on 26/05/2019 - 13:14

    If you ask TPG to only move the one number to NBN then the second service you have should not be moved. Noting moving the other number to NBN would typically be a second NBN service so you would have to port the number over.

    Unless you have some strange existing package which porting the primary number may cancel the second number.

    As you HFC, you will get a modem from NBN Co so you just need a router. There many threads on OZ and Whirlpool about router options.

    You can also get mynetfone and then use an all or forward calls to a mobile (keeps landline number but not a line per say)

    • Iggemo on 26/05/2019 - 13:34

      i actually dont want to move any numbers, is that possible? I'd rather have no VOIP phone at all but just keep the copper landline and then port it over in 18 months when i have to; does that make sense?

      • Benicio on 28/05/2019 - 17:37
        +1

        As others have said, just order a new NBN service through your provider and keep your existing land line until they switch off the copper in your area. You may lose the landline number in 18 months though as your NBN service will have a new number allocated to it.

  • twobit on 26/05/2019 - 14:03
    +1

    It may be possible as you on HFC so should not affect the copper lines. So if you apply for a new install it may be ok.

    I have in the past done an NBN (FTTN) for a not for profit and they cancelled all 4 phone lines when NBN was installed. However it was a complex line hunt group at Telstra.

  • Iangh on 26/05/2019 - 18:13

    I would port the numbers to a voip service provider and get an internet dect phone. Maybe worth porting one number to two different suppliers for redundancy. I have Australian numbers with Siptalk and Maxotel, and use a Gigaset. I also have UK and US numbers. I can register up to six lines on the gigaset and assign 1 to 6 of the lines to any handset; gigaset allows six handsets. Once ported you can ditch the two copper lines and save a load of dosh. If you want to get into it you could buy a raspberrypi and have your own pbx, http://nerdvittles.com/?p=21255.

    Large choice of voip service providers, https://whirlpool.net.au/wiki/VoIP. For hardware check out internet dect phones from Gigaset, Yealink and Grandstream. Lots of good advice at https://forums.whirlpool.net.au/forum/107.

    EDIT: You could even use https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.grandstrea… on your mobiles and not bother with a fixed phone from gigaset, etc. Just register the voip lines on your phone and provided you can get a data connection (wifi or mobile data) you are contactable anywhere in the world. I use GS and the quality isn't as good as the gigaset but it's OK. Try it before buying an internet dect phone.

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