A UK lobby group has criticised plans to completely retire the UK's copper wire landline network and replace it with a digital system. Most households with landline phones will have made the switch by January 2027 after plans to make the change were announced back in 2017. It comes as BT reveals that 94 locations are set for a major switch-off , with exchanges expected to impact around 960,000 premises across the country.

Once these upgrades happen, households will need to switch to a broadband-powered phone , utilising Voice Over Internet Protocol (VoIP) technology to connect calls. Dennis Reed, director at Silver Voices, a membership organisation representing senior citizens in the UK, has blasted the plans and argues that copper landlines are more reliable in emergency situati

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