Broadband Hub tech advice

[Coeus]

Any help appreciated. I have a new hub that it says can also act as a Dect base station for Dect CATiq 2.1 compatible phones.
We want to de clutter the area by removing land line phone. Does the above allow us to answer landline calls using a cordless Dect phone as per above spec?
These phones are around £70 and don’t want to waste the money if it won’t work. I have BT landline and Smart hub 2 wi fi router. Or is it possible to use Alexa to answer landline calls via router?
Thanks in advance.

[IanMcL]

Isn't a landline compulsory?

[Coeus]

It is with BT I think but other providers may have other supply methods. One says that if a power cut you cannot make calls so guess this isn’t a land line. Dect use landline but are cordless via a base station. The hub implies it is a base station so guess I should be able to a Dect phone for landline without plugging phone directly in?

[superdimitri]

The internet is over your landline which you have to pay line rental for whether you choose to have an active number or not.
The port on your router is if you want to also use a VOIP (Voice over Internet Phone) service and can replace a landline if you port your number over.

The disadvantage is that calls are then placed over your internet rather than actual phone line, so no emergency phone calls and no phone at all if there's a power cut.

What some people do is port over their local number to a cheaper VOIP provider, and get another number for the land line which you don't use (which can still be used as an emergency backup).

EDIT* this is just general advice, I have no idea if BT let you use a 3rd party VOIP provider via their hub, or even if they offer VOIP direct themselves, you'll have to ask them about that.

[peter_nobles_fringe]

I think as you stated the broadband router can be used as a dect base station implies that a comparable sect handset can be registered to it calls would then be made over your broadband/ phone line and any incoming calls would ring the sect handset
To start using dect to IP calls the router would have to handle these you may require an app or some sip provider setup

[ClaretDiver]

Isn't a landline compulsory?

Not in every instance. Openreach are upgrading the network to be able to offer FTTP, fibre to the premises which will render a 'landline' defunct. At Sky we have 'duty of care' questions to ensure that we are selling a potentially vulnerable customer the correct product. FTTP carries your voice over the fibre and not a landline so things like care alarms and externally monitored CCTV etc would not work in the event of a power cut or failure. Whereas with a landline it would continue to work....

[IanMcL]

Thanks for the explanation Diver.