Switch about to get real: Openreach bod on the challenge of shuttering UK's copper phone lines
https://www.theregister.co.uk/2019/09/23/huge_copper_line_switch_off/
Interview Most people are unaware of the huge infrastructure challenge the UK is about to undergo as 15 million phone lines are switched off.
Openreach is aiming to punt its traditional public switched telephone network (PSTN) onto voice over IP (VoIP) by 2025 and withdraw its Wholesale Line Rental (WLR) products, which are reliant on the PSTN. The potential for disruption is huge.