Wow, a lot to read thanks. The reason I started this thread is that my contract with Plusnet expires in January (2025). I had been paying for line only currently at £21.99 per month with broadband free of charge. I phoned Plusnet and within seconds a real person answered. My concern was about losing use of my landline in future when incoming calls from aged friends had called my landline number instead of my cellphone number. After a very helpul discussion with Plusnet from which I understood that I could renew my contract for 24 monthst at my current monthly charge. Also I was sent the latest router. So I think that this thread can be ended now. Thanks to all who joined in. ... View more

Thanks. My error. I'll get use to how to use this forum correctly. Good news is that a Plusnet 2 router arrives today to replace my some 7 years old Plusnet 1. ... View more

@bmc your wrote: "So might I suggest you stop your speculation as this is how fake news starts." Pretty please. If that was me please let me know where and what that speculation was and I will withdraw such. ... View more

Thanks bmc   I phoned my ISP Plusnet today and the responder Shak was a real person and not a chatbot.   He extended my contact at current cost and service for 2 years.   He also said that cut off of analog phone services for my street is unlikely to be carried out before 2027.   He also knew that I have had a Plusnet 1 router for seven years and has ordered a Plusnet 2 router to be sent to me at no cost and he claimed that Plusnet 2 had a better WIFI strength and range than the Plusnet 1.   Re my landline phone. I do not use it for outgoing calls, I use my smartphone instead. However, some of my distant old friends do not have internet access or smartphones. So I still want to receive landline calls from them.   If there is a mains electricity cut to my house my Tesla battery takes over. We had a short cut a few days ago and we noticed a brief flicker of our ceiling lights as the Tesla battery took over and we did not notice any supply problems. But we saw that the clocks on some household appliances had to be reset. ... View more

Thanks My apologies to @Strat ... View more

Thank you again Baldric1. Clearing Firefox cache fixed my problem there too. That's really strange that Firefox cache had that effect. ... View more

Thank you very much. Works with Chromium browser. Grr to Firefox. I'll now clear its cache and see is that solves my problem. ... View more

The tab in my browser Firefox just hunts. Also I get "Activation of Network connection failed" quite often   ... View more

Sorry running Linux should not be relevant to my router access problem. Please can you help advise on my subject. ... View more