What is the Great British Switch Off?

What is the Great British Switch Off?

To understand what this is, you first need to understand what the?Public Switched Telephone Network?is, simply PSTN for short. It’s a voice line that makes up the UK’s telephone system, it’s how you communicate via the phone and the internet.

So why is it being switched off and are we going back to using messenger pigeons?

No, something better than bird-mail. What the majority of the UK is currently sitting on is ancient copper wires. You rely on your broadband speed through these sluggish and degrading wires, and there are?millions?of them!

What these fossilised wires will be replaced by is?full-fibre?broadband. Instead, connectivity will be delivered through extremely thin cables of glass, pulsating with light to transmit data.?We’ve talked about the science behind full-fibre broadband?here?and it’s rather smart how it works.

So, that’s it.?It is simply a conversion to get rid of the old telephone lines?with something a lot more modern… I mean, the PSTN has been around for more than 140 years. Because of the amount of data being transmitted in this age, the 140-year-old lines just simply cannot keep up, and that’s expected.

This is why the Great British Switch Off is the Great British Switch Off. We?desperately?need better broadband for our everyday needs.

The COVID pandemic proved remote work is doable so a lot of households are now strained with their old copper broadband because of the added data load.

So, when is this going to begin?

Well, it already?has.?As recent as 2020, Openreach began their first Stop-Sell in Salisbury which means they will no longer sell the old telephone lines. Full-fibre there became a mandatory upgrade. Following into 2021 and 2022, more and more halts sprung up and?by early as 2024, the majority of the old PSTN lines will be cut and you will have to be moved to a full-fibre network.

Fear not, no one’s removing your connectivity access and blackmailing you with a large cash sum of money to upgrade. Providers are working with their customers for that switch and with ylo,?we can take that a step further and do all the boring bits for you.

Switching to full-fibre is?not?expensive at all, we offer a ￡59 per month 12-month contract, with 2 months free, free installation, free router and next-day technical support.?That’s a mouthful of offers.?The beauty of this new broadband is that it requires a lot less maintenance and zero on-site equipment. It’s imperative you begin to start the switch before providers are caught up in a queue of desperate businesses and households.

Start fresh with us, we can prepare you affordably, and quickly with superb?full-fibre.