Are Phone Lines Being Phased Out. For this set up the user has a traditional phone line PSTN and then to get internet access either an analogue ADSL line mainly for home and small business use or a digital ISDN line mainly for business use. Phone lines that rely on copper wire networks have been around for decades but by 2025 the service will be fully decommissioned.
Major telephone providers have already started phasing out their support of analog POTS lines promising for a full phase-out nationwide. Old landline phones will still work after the network changes however. This phase-out will be delivered in two stages.
Some phone companies are already gradually moving their landline customers from the countrys traditional telephone network the public switched telephone network PSTN to newer digital technology known as voice over internet protocol VoIP which carries calls.
To bring you faster speeds and new features were excited to upgrade Americas best network. BT is forging ahead with plans to shut its traditional telephone network in Britain with the intention of shifting all customers over to IP telephony services by 2025. This phase-out will be delivered in two stages. Germany Japan and Sweden are ahead of us in making the shift.
