Openreach will be switching off its telecom networks (PSTN and ISDN) at the end of 2025 – and we are assured by Openreach that nothing will delay this. Businesses and consumers will be affected. You will get bombarded with sales calls from telecoms companies!

The program started back in 2017. Salisbury and Mildenhall were used by Openreach for trials. The provision of new PSTN and ISDN services stopped in early 2021. Businesses and consumers are migrating to the next generation of network.

In Leeds, BT exchange areas of Harehills, Headingley, Morley and Horsforth were some of the first to be impacted by the programme of change. December 2025 is the final date. Openreach’s program has already begun and Stop-Sell has already been implemented in some exchange areas. Wetherby and Tadcaster have entered this part of the process - the end of ISDN and PSTN.

Don’t just take our word for it:
https://btplc.com/DigitalServicesLab/Trials/index.htm

What does this mean for you and your businesses?

As the volume of services on the old network reduce the network stills needs maintaining by BT. This means that charges incl. line rentals and call charges are likely to rise. We have already seen this in the wholesale market.

So if you do nothing then:

• your costs will increase.

• your phone line/s will eventually cease, services running over that line would cease (broadband, alarm line etc), the telecoms equipment on the end of your line would stop working and you would lose your telephone number/s.

If you would like to learn more plus a free no-commitment independent review of your business, the potential impact and a plan then please complete the fields on the form to download our Whitepaper.