Posts about Networking & Connectivity

What's happening? The Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN) and Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN) are the traditional infrastructure supporting the UK’s phonelines and broadband. However, these outdated systems are being phased out, with the stop-sell already put in place. The deadline for the switch-off is December 31st, 2025. After that date, your legacy systems simply will not work.

Only 2% of companies believe they were fully prepared for the Covid-19 pandemic.

Almost 70% of CEOs believe their network maturity level is impeding business progress.

The beginning of the end for copper-based telephony: what it means for you This week marks the beginning of the end for a technology that has served us well but is increasingly no longer fit for purpose – the ‘stop sell’ of traditional copper telephone lines and the services that use them. From 5 September 2023, Openreach – the BT Group subsidiary that looks after the UK’s telephony infrastructure – will no longer sell new copper telephony services, as we move towards the full retirement of the copper lines in December 2027. This blog looks at what this means for your organisation and how you might prepare for the final switch-off.

Consulting with property owners and developing technology solutions for the flex work space sector, our Wavenet Connected teams are often asked about innovation around the Metaverse.

Many small businesses get internet connectivity in what might be called the “traditional” way. That means they order a public switched telephone network (PSTN) telephone line (also known as a “landline”), and then order a broadband service on top of it.

Covid-19 only accelerated what was happening already. According to one calculation, over 101,000Gb of data crisscrosses the internet every second, and that astonishing figure is only going to rise.

While it can be tempting to sign up to the first broadband contract that comes along, there are good reasons why you shouldn’t. And if your current broadband isn’t up to the task, you shouldn’t cling to it either.

In 2025 legacy ISDN and PSTN telephony networks will be switched off for good.