Question re phone hardware and VoIP

akaWooders — Tue, 10 Jun 2025 17:47:48 GMT

Cityfibre are installing full fibre to us tomorrow. We are currently using antiquated corded phones, two of which are fed from a cable connected to the back of an Openreach Master Socket 5C and a third via a cable running up the wall cavity from the rear of the same Master Socket.

My thoughts are that when the incoming cable to the Master Socket is disconnected at the street cabinet, the Master Socket will become a passive junction box. My plan is to connect the VoIP socket on my new router to the phone socket on the front of the Master Socket and hopefully still be able to use the corded phones as described above.

Could anyone tell me whether this is likely to work, please?

Many thanks.

Re: Question re phone hardware and VoIP

ferguson — Tue, 10 Jun 2025 17:49:34 GMT

No. The master socket will be dead. You will need a phone which is capable of connecting via the VoIP socket.

Re: Question re phone hardware and VoIP

akaWooders — Tue, 10 Jun 2025 18:06:36 GMT

OK, thanks for your prompt reply Ferguson.

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