In December 2020, Openreach started the process of retiring its old public switched telephone network (PSTN) and Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN) services. These are the services which were, in the old analogue world, used to carry voice and data services for businesses. Now that everything is going digital and all communications – including voice – will be IP-based, there is no need to keep running these aging networks running.
Openreach began the process in December 2020 by turning off PSTN and ISDN in Salisbury, Wiltshire, and another 116 exchanges are due to be closed by the middle of 2021. The entire UK network will be shut down by 2025.
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