BT to PAUSE plans to switch off traditional landlines According to gbnews.com, the UK’s biggest telecoms providers have agreed to new conditions around nationwide switch to digital landlines. BT confirmed plans to postpone switch-off of copper landlines until 2027...

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According to gbnews.com, the UK’s biggest telecoms providers have agreed to new conditions around nationwide switch to digital landlines.

• BT confirmed plans to postpone switch-off of copper landlines until 2027
• Revised timeline follows issues with telecare alarms
• 1.8 million vulnerable people in the UK rely on these emergency alarms
• Government was forced to step in after alarms failed on new phone lines
• BT will not upgrade vulnerable people until next spring at the earliest

BT has confirmed it will postpone the switch-off of all copper-based phone lines across the UK until 2027 — 13 month later than originally planned. The original deadline would see the biggest telecom providers move millions of customers from a traditional landline to a broadband-powered alternative by the end of next year

 

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https://www.gbnews.com/tech/bt-openreach-delay-uk-landline-switch-off-2027-deadline

 

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[Grisu]

But copper based lines are still used with XDSL and only POTS are to be switched off?
Or does it mean everybody has to change to fibre or mobile?

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Eventually only POTS are is be switched off in UK, XDSL will still be operation.

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Then its similarly to here in Austria.

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