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In my country (Italy) now providers are starting to switch users from copper to fibre optic (and thus VOIP) at no extra cost. In a couple of years this switch w
by alerighi 4y ago
In my country (Italy) now providers are starting to switch users from copper to fibre optic (and thus VOIP) at no extra cost. In a couple of years this switch will be mandatory, and the copper network will be completely dismantled (as far as I know they are already doing that in big cities).
For VDSL services (called also FTTC, fiber to the cabinet and then copper to the house) we already switched to VOIP, even if in theory both VDSL signal and the old analog signal, since it's cheaper to give to the users a router with VOIP integrated than do the conversion cabinet side.
- ajb 4y agoSame in the UK - POTS (plain old telecom services) are being withdrawn at the end of 2025, copper will still be used for broadband but analogue phone service won't be supplied any more. Customers still using analogue phones will be given a device capable of converting it to VoIP locally.