This might be useful for other UK people on an FTTC broadband package who make zero use of the bundled landline telephone service.

My ISP (Aquiss) recently announced a forthcoming £3 pcm price bump due to the retail cost of the service from OpenReach.

In the same email they also pointed out that SoGEA is a thing, where you can have an FTTC broadband service without the associated landline service. Thus, you can save money by not paying for something you don't use.

As I've not had a phone plugged into the landline for a couple of years now, and never received any useful call on it for years before that, I leapt at the chance to reduce my bill.

In my case rather than going up by £3 pcm my bill will now go down by £8 pcm, so a saving of £11 pcm compared to what I would have paid after the price increase.

So, even if your ISP hasn't said anything about this it might be worth asking them about migrating to SoGEA instead of the usual FTTC with bundled landline.

There's more on the difference between SoGEA and normal FTTC service here: https://www.switchcraft.co.uk/broadband/types/what-is-sogea-broadband-everything-you-need-to-know/

Additionally, for anyone else on Aquiss, be aware that switching might involve changing IPv4 and IPv6 addresses. I'm still on addresses they lease from CityFibre, who are getting out of that business, so am being migrated to Aquiss's own pools as part of this change.

#UK #FTTC #broadband #landline #sogea

Here's my current access to the Web, slow ADSL through copper wire to a cabinet a mile away.

Next year ADSL goes away when BT removes traditional telephony and the connection becomes SOGEA which may or may not work at our distance.

#RuralInternet
#ADSL
#InternetAccess
#countryside
#CountryLane
#sogea

Round the houses with #PlusNet today trying to migrate from #Broadband and #PhoneLine to Broadband and #VOIP ahead of the #Dec2025 deadline!!

Finally placed the order to migrate to #SOGEA with PlusNet - now to wait and see if I lose my BB and/or phone line or whether it all goes smoothly. #FingersCrossed for Monday!!

Thanks to all @aaisp for their patience in walking me through the process.

I dread to think how others are going to cope with this as the target moves nearer!!