BT copper wire land lines going

[Still Farming]

Retiring the copper network

We'll be retiring the old analogue phone network at the end of 2025. By then everyone in the UK will need to have moved to a Digital Phone Line. Find out what this means for you.

www.openreach.com

Not certain how old people with care line ,no mobiles ,no internet going to manage??

 

[TheRanger]

You’ll still be able to get a landline, it’ll just work through broadband, and wont work in a powercut

 

[DaveGrohl]

You’ll still be able to get a landline, it’ll just work through broadband, and wont work in a powercut

Brilliant. Why is it that "progress" always seems to make life worse than it was before? A landline in a powercut can be literally a lifeline for some, particularly older people.

 

[glasshouse]

Retiring the copper network

We'll be retiring the old analogue phone network at the end of 2025. By then everyone in the UK will need to have moved to a Digital Phone Line. Find out what this means for you.

www.openreach.com

Not certain how old people with care line ,no mobiles ,no internet going to manage??

The copper wires should be left .
Same as the old railtracks should hsve been

 

[Hindsight]

You’ll still be able to get a landline, it’ll just work through broadband, and wont work in a powercut

Great the one time need a phone it won’t work.

 

[DaveGrohl]

Retiring the copper network

We'll be retiring the old analogue phone network at the end of 2025. By then everyone in the UK will need to have moved to a Digital Phone Line. Find out what this means for you.

www.openreach.com

Not certain how old people with care line ,no mobiles ,no internet going to manage??

That link must be 2 years old?

 

[steveR]

Brilliant. Why is it that "progress" always seems to make life worse than it was before? A landline in a powercut can be literally a lifeline for some, particularly older people.

And BT Openreach will tell you use a mobile phone, carefully forgetting that the damn things don't work half the time out in the countryside!

Like many, I have to use wifi calling on my mobile.

 

[teslacoils]

Never going to put fibre the 2km from the village to mine. I'd happily lay it most of the route for them.

 

[steveR]

Never going to put fibre the 2km from the village to mine. I'd happily lay it most of the route for them.

Same here. I have offered to put in armoured fibre, but they said they still need to use ducting.

"Fine by me", I responded, but still would not play ball!

 

[DaveGrohl]

And BT Openreach will tell you use a mobile phone, carefully forgetting that the damn things don't work half the time out in the countryside!

Like many, I have to use wifi calling on my mobile.

That’s the reality. People who don’t have fibre cos they’re out in the country also have crap mobile signal. Cos they’re out in the country. But if you’re the CEO of a massive company and you’ve got 5G coming out of your urban ears you don’t give a toss about the unfortunates.

 

[Still Farming]

They have been surveying here most of the year ready to feed new cables in existing ducts , poles, cabinets etc etc.

 

[teslacoils]

Same here. I have offered to put in armoured fibre, but they said they still need to use ducting.

"Fine by me", I responded, but still would not play ball!

The copper here isn't in a duct. I'd lay them a duct to the nearest pole in the village.

 

[teslacoils]

Duct is only about £2/m and that's not even in bulk.

 

[Kidds]

Are they going to be taking all the poles down then?
They are a bit of an eyesore here and I'd be glad of them gone.

 

[essexpete]

Are they going to be taking all the poles down then?
They are a bit of an eyesore here and I'd be glad of them gone.

Send them my way please.

 

[Still Farming]

BT charged us for fibre broadband for 10yrs plus and comes down copper cables???
WTF is that all about???
Will they be compensating for mis selling???

 

[Still Farming]

That link must be 2 years old?

Getting close the date though.

 

[warksfarmer]

Radio 4 done a big investigation into this and it’s failed miserably for elderly people with care lines and emergency fob systems. So much so copper lines have been reinstated and now these people can officially opt out of the switch. Radio 4 won’t let it go and have left the investigation open and ongoing and BT have had to engage with them on this and admitted it’s a big mess.

 

[Kam]

BT charged us for fibre broadband for 10yrs plus and comes down copper cables???
WTF is that all about???
Will they be compensating for mis selling???

You have been using FTTC, which is fibre to the cabinet then copper from there to your premises. The current rollout is FTTP which is fibre to the premises linked back directly to your local exchange rather than your nearest street cabinet.

 

[Poncherello1976]

A couple of years ago round here, a few weeks after fibre cables were installed, the 'night time crew' came round and ripped out all the copper wires. Obviously been talking to their mates down the pub as to where to earn some extra cash. So BT may leave the copper wires where they are, but someone will come and clear it up!