What is a corded phone and how does it work?

A corded home phone connects directly to the line socket in your home or the telephone port in your provided router. When you lift the handset, the wired connection to the network gives you a dial tone so you can make or receive calls straight away. With an older style connection to the socket on your wall, power for the line is provided by the telephone network, so in the case of a power faliure, with a cord phone, your line will continue to work, however these types of lines are quickly being phased out in favour of higher quality fibre lines which are better for data and voice.

You can find out more about the switch away from analogue copper networks to fibre by reading our blog about the phasing out of landlines here.