Openreach: UK landline phones will be switched off in 100 days, so make sure your connections are ready
- Openreach warns landline phones will stop working on January 31, 2027
- Legacy PTSN system is going digital, so users should switch now
- Openreach remind businesses and consumers alike to check their connections
Openreach has issued a reminder warning that the UK's legacy landline phone network will be switched off in less than 100 days.
BT's infrastructure arm, responsible for deploying, maintaining and upgrading most of the country's networks, has reminded users the copper-based Public Switched Telephone Network (PTSN) network will be retired on January 31, 2027.
There will be no extension to this cut-off, meaning users, both business and consumer alike, will need to ensure their systems are ready for the change.
Time to switch
The news of the "big switch off", as Openreach's advice hub calls it, should not be a surprise, as plans were first announced to shut down the PSTN and ISDN networks by the...
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