Openreach is calling on comms providers to accelerate migration to digital networks as ahead of the January 2027 PSTN switch-off deadline, warning of mounting costs, security risks, and missed growth opportunities facing laggards.
Wed, 31/08/2022 - 09:52
WightFibre’s entire network is now fully optical as the altnet becomes the first operator to complete its copper switch-off.
Over the summer the last few phone-only customers were upgraded allowing the old copper network to finally be decommissioned.
WightFibre’s entire network is now fully optical right into the customer premise with each home served by its own dedicated fibre optic cables.
“Our big copper switch-off was a major undertaking,” said John Irvine, CEO. “A small number of customers with very old alarm systems did need to upgrade their alarm systems as these are incompatible with fibre.
“With business customers this extended to some older dial-up credit card machines and fax machines. In many case WightFibre helped with these changes to persuade customers to upgrade.”
