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.
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