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James Smith 💾

@Floppy@mastodon.me.uk 1 hr. ago

TIL that the UK PSTN is being fully turned off in January! I assume BT are going to make a killing selling off all the copper. https://www.gov.uk/guidance/uk-transition-from-analogue-to-digital-landlines

UK transition from analogue to digital landlines

What the retirement of analogue phone lines, also known as the Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN), means for you.

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@JonRowe@fosstodon.org 27 min. ago

@Floppy Yes. https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/aug/31/bt-windfall-selling-old-copper-cables-telecoms-broadband-metal

@pwaring@social.xk7.net 43 min. ago

@Floppy Estimated at about £2bn, so yes quite a lot of money! (they've already received £200mn)

@robeeshepherd@torturedsouls.com 46 min. ago

@Floppy I wonder if this means I could get the lines that cross over my back garden removed along with next door’s telegraph pole?

@krans@mastodon.me.uk 59 min. ago

@Floppy And they'll layoff everyone who knows anything about PSTN, too

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