WLR withdrawal

[MikeDadswell]

With WLR Withdrawal scheduled for 2025, what options will be offered to impacted customers who have no FTTP option available?

[TimmyBGood]

@MikeDadswell 

There will continue to be a range of wholesale IP services over copper cabling with broadband speeds equivalent to those currently on PSTN (FTTC, G.fast and even ADSL) : these will all use IP telephony where ISPs offer a bundled a 'voice' service.

PSTN switch-off is due to happen well before even the 85% of UK properties within the scope of the commercial FTTP rollout are reached, so alternatives have to be available or millions of addresses would lose broadband and voice call access and that's clearly politically and commercially unacceptable.

[Chrisee]

@MikeDadswell it does not affect broadband services at this stage and thry remain available over copper phonelines until fibre replaces them. Voice services will switch from being over analogue copper to becoming an IP service so instead of plugging your phone into a wall socket it will plug into the router. 

More here https://www.ispreview.co.uk/index.php/2023/09/openreach-stops-selling-new-uk-analogue-copper-phone-l...

[TimmyBGood]

@MikeDadswell 

https://www.openreach.co.uk/cpportal/products/the-all-ip-programme/stopsell-updates