[Stronsaylimpet] Telephone system - shutdown of copper wire network

[Limpet editor]

/From Alistair Carmichael's weekly email:/

*Resilience assurances needed ahead of copper wire network shutdown*

On Wednesday, I also spoke in Parliament on local concerns about the 
planned shutdown of the copper wire network by the end of 2025.

The “Voice over Internet Protocol” (VoIP) system replacing copper wire 
only has a resilience of one hour using a backup battery with Openreach, 
and relies on a broadband connection.During the power outages in 
Shetland in December last year, some properties were left without power 
for as long as six days – clearly something here does not add up.

To say that the response I received 
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was poor would be an understatement – suggesting that this was simply a 
matter for industry. This is the definition of an issue which cannot be 
left to the market. Without intervention businesses are always going to 
put rural and island communities at the back of the queue.

Ministers and Ofcom must improve their answers. We need a proper plan to 
maintain resilience in future, whatever happens to the copper network.
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