I have been told that, when you get fibre broadband installed, unless you request otherwise, your old copper wire landline phones are disconnected and your phones are instead connected through your new fibre installation.

When your landline phones are integrated with fibre, this means that, if there is a power cut, or if you turn your fibre broadband off, then your phones also go down. Therefore, in the event of a power cut as a result of an earthquake etc, your old landline phone cannot be used and you are dependent on using mobile data on a mobile phone.

At present, we can turn our broadband modem off when it is not in use and this has no effect on our landline copper wire phones or any other systems, such as the house alarm etc.

I understand that, if you are getting fibre broadband installed and you want to retain your old copper wire landline phones, this is possible but it costs a lot more (as much as $50 per month) to run both naked broadband and a copper wire phone system.

Can anyone confirm please that I have correctly stated the position above.

Also, I would be interested to know whether anyone who has fibre broadband has thought it’s worthwhile to pay the extra to retain the old copper wire landline phone system.

If your phones are integrated with your fibre broadband system, do you leave your broadband modem on all the time or do you turn it off when you are not using internet in order to save power and the amount of RF in your house?

Also, when your phones are integrated with fibre, in the event of power cuts, have you experienced any difficulties with other electrical systems in your home, such as alarm systems etc?

Thanks very much for your comments.