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BT warns thousands of customers over landline shutdowns
BT Openreach will decommission up to 4,600 exchanges nationwide, affecting thousands of households as part of a multi-phase shift to fibre and Digital Voice technology.
- BT is decommissioning thousands of 'legacy' copper-based exchanges and migrating customers to fibre broadband and digital voice services across the UK.
- The first exchange to be fully decommissioned is Deddington in Oxfordshire, as a proof of concept for the nationwide transition from copper to full-fibre infrastructure.
- The move to fibre broadband and digital voice calling will ultimately benefit customers with faster, more reliable internet and new features like call filtering.
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Openreach Delay Pilot Closure of Two UK Exchanges Due to Active Customers
Network access provider Openreach (BT) has provided an important update on the planned (pilot) closure of their next two legacy exchanges in Ballyclare (9,500 premises in N.Ireland) and Kenton Road (9,500 premises in London), which were originally due to be switched off on 30th November 2025 but will now remain open a bit longer to help the remaining users migrate. Just to recap. The operator is currently in the early pilot stage of closing arou…
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