Gyn_Paul Posted March 13, 2017 Share Posted March 13, 2017 My miles of classic copper will - in a month or two - be changed to fibre optique (hooray!!!),and with it, one hopes, a blinding increase in speed from the lamentable 602 lousy bits (max) - frequently little better then dial-up - to 5 to 8 megs.When our NRA (Centre telephonic) comes on line we will be in a degroupe area, of course, but at the moment it seems Free telecom - with whom we currently are - are not joining the rest of them in posing their kit in the new cabinet. We currently have a 'free' 2nd line through the back of the FREEBOX, which I'm guessing I would lose if (as seems likely) I migrate to an Orange LIVEBOX.I have quite a complicated multiroom Panasonic phone system which takes up to 3 ('POTS') lines, so it currently has the FT and the Free lines in it, which we've rather got used to, so my question is, is there such a thing as a free-standing VOIP router-type box which I can daisy-chain from the Livebox, then into the Panasonic Unit as a 2nd phone line?Everything I find on the net seems to be base units for hands-free phones, which are obviously no use. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EuroTrash Posted March 14, 2017 Share Posted March 14, 2017 I don't understand your problem.If you change to Orange, will you not simply end up with your VOIP line provided by Orange instead of a VOIP line provided by Free? Wouldn't you just stick your same plugs into a LIVEBOX rather than a FREEBOX? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gyn_Paul Posted March 14, 2017 Author Share Posted March 14, 2017 [quote user="EuroTrash"]I don't understand your problem.If you change to Orange, will you not simply end up with your VOIP line provided by Orange instead of a VOIP line provided by Free? Wouldn't you just stick your same plugs into a LIVEBOX rather than a FREEBOX?[/quote]I thought that with the all-singing, all-dancing Livebox, the ordinary house phone was derived from the box. Are you saying that the Box is fed from a filter in the classic way (thus leaving the POTS line untouched) ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pomme Posted March 14, 2017 Share Posted March 14, 2017 You could check to see if OVHtelecom.fr will provide you with broadband service. Their ADSL Express box gives me two VoIP lines (and a virtual fax line) for 29.99 euro/month. I assume their VDSL is similar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gyn_Paul Posted March 14, 2017 Author Share Posted March 14, 2017 Thanks for that. I'll check them out once we actually have the long-awaited service (promised for June 2016, Jan 1 2017, Mar 1 2017, May 15 2017. Don't actually believe them anymore). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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