Openreach has published the list of 137 exchange locations in its FTTP Priority Exchange Stop Sell programme, covering 854,000 UK premises and will give a year’s notice to communication providers ending traditional copper-based phone and broadband services and encourage full fibre upgrading.
Openreach is to stop selling legacy analogue copper-based phone/broadband services in a further 163 locations, covering 1.6m UK premises, to encourage people to upgrade to new digital services over an ultrafast full fibre connection.
Openreach is to stop selling legacy analogue copper-based phone/broadband services in a further 163 locations, covering more than 960,000 UK premises, to help encourage people to upgrade to new digital services over a full fibre connection.
A new study from the FTTH Council Europe reveals that Portugal, Spain and Sweden are already phasing out legacy copper networks in Europe, with the UK and other countries lagging behind and relying heavily on old copper infrastructure.