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Digital Voice and the landline phone switch-off: what it means

You may have heard of BT Digital Voice, the PSTN switch-off, or that landline phones are being replaced. We explain all you need to know about the upcoming changes.

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Best Cloud-Based Phone Systems for Modern Businesses

Businesses that switch from traditional landlines to cloud-based phone systems gain greater flexibility, scalability, and cost savings from day one. Moreover, this transition enables

How will the landline phone switch work and what do you need to do

How will the landline phone switch work and what do you need to do? The old copper phone network will be switched off in 2025 and phones will instead use the internet to make calls.

Traditional landlines switched off for 1.69 million UK homes

BT-owned Openreach will cease the sale of traditional copper landlines to an additional 1.69 million premises across the UK. This comes as part of the long-standing plan to shift away from

Landline Digital Switchover

Your existing landline phone will still work after the switchover, the only difference will be that your phone connects to your broadband router via an adapter.

Home Users – Digital Phone Switchover

Soon, most landline calls will be made over a broadband line. The switchover should be straightforward. Your phone number will remain the same, and most handsets work fine with the new system.

Landline Switch Off 2027: What You Need to Do

The UK landline switch off will take place on 31 January 2027. On this date, the old copper Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN) will be retired, and traditional analogue landlines will

Telephones and Digital Voice how to keep using your old phone

We will show you what you need to do to keep your existing extension wiring working if you have phones in multiple rooms. Of course, you can always use a DECT cordless phone if you want to keep things

''There is real danger'': landline phone users voice fears over digital

Reports continue to emerge of landlines being switched off before help has been given Dennis Reed of Silver Voices In its 2025 Connected Nations report Ofcom predicted the pace of

Moving landlines to digital technologies

Information for landline customers about how their provider will migrate their devices and services from the Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN) to digital technologies.

BT postpones UK landline switch-off to 2027 after alarm

Traditional landlines have received a last-minute stay of execution. BT has confirmed it will postpone the switch-off of all copper-based phone lines

Your landline is going digital – here''s how to stay connected

Switching to Digital Voice is free and simple, but don''t wait. Contact your landline provider, share your communication needs, and reach out to ContactRNID for advice.

Plusnet cutting landlines for all users after UK switch-off

Plusnet, which is owned and operated by BT, will focus on broadband It will stop offering phones following switch-off of traditional landlines Nationwide

How To Keep Your Landline After the Switch-Off | Plexatalk

The UK regulator, Ofcom, has made it clear that customers have the right to keep their phone number when switching providers. This is called number portability, and it applies whether

Digital Switchover

We''re switching from analogue to digital landlines. The existing analogue technology (the PSTN - Public Switched Telephone Network) which has supported phone