From: malQRMassimilation@gmail.com   
      
   What's happening?   
      
   We're moving all our customers from the old analogue public switched   
   telephone network (PSTN) to a fully digital network. We've already   
   started. We plan to have moved everyone over before Openreach stop the   
   PSTN (and ISDN) service in 2025. By then, every phone line in the UK   
   will be digital, routing calls over IP (Internet Protocol) rather than   
   the traditional PSTN.   
      
   When you say 'everyone...'?   
      
   Yes, we mean everyone. Business and home. And it's not just your phone   
   services you need to think about. It's everything else that currently   
   uses the old phone network, all your non-voice services connected to   
   PSTN or ISDN lines. Things like alarms, EPOS machines, door entry   
   systems, CCTV, and faxes.   
      
   Sounds a bit drastic. Why are you doing it?   
      
   PSTN has been the backbone of the UK's phone network for decades. But   
   we've all seen the dramatic changes in technology over the past few   
   years, especially recently. It's all around us: smartphones, apps, the   
   cloud, Zoom, Internet of Things, and so on.   
      
   What you probably don't notice so much is the infrastructure that   
   makes everything work. The telephone lines strung across the streets,   
   the web of copper cables buried beneath your feet, some of which have   
   been down there since the 19th century.   
      
   It's now time to leap forward from PSTN to embrace the boundless   
   possibilities of digital.   
      
   https://business.bt.com/insights/digital-transformation/uk-pstn-switch-off/   
      
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