Public service providers urged to plan for copper wire switch off
Childcare providers, schools and local authorities have been urged to plan for the switch off of BT’s copper wiring system.
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Childcare providers, schools and local authorities have been urged to plan for the switch off of BT’s copper wiring system.
Fit to Switch, an industry-wide campaign launched by MA Business title Comms Business, aims to support BT’s decision to retire the public switched telephone network (PSTN) by raising awareness of the imminent deadline.
We’ve been making telephone calls over copper landlines since the days of plummy-voiced Post Office operators plugging cables into exchange switchboards. Now the deadline’s finally looming for the copper network’s retirement party. And Britain’s businesses are all but oblivious to the potential risks to their companies’ support and alarm services. Chris Pateman, co-founder of the Fit To Switch campaign, reports.