{"id":17841,"date":"2023-01-31T11:09:37","date_gmt":"2023-01-31T11:09:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/exa.net.uk\/?p=17841"},"modified":"2024-03-20T15:43:38","modified_gmt":"2024-03-20T15:43:38","slug":"pstn-next-steps-23","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/edit.exa.net.uk\/news\/education-news\/pstn-next-steps-23\/","title":{"rendered":"PSTN retirement next steps from Openreach"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"17841\" data-post-id=\"17841\" data-obj-id=\"17841\" class=\"elementor elementor-17841 dce-elementor-post-17841\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2a97a07 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-dce-background-image-url=\"https:\/\/exa.net.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/blog-post-top.png\" data-id=\"2a97a07\" 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elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/exa.net.uk\/about-us\/our-news\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-caret-left\"><\/i>\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">News<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6f76b05 elementor-widget__width-auto elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6f76b05\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><span class=\"image-gap-right\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"77\" src=\"https:\/\/exa.net.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/EXALogo-colour.svg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" title=\"\"><\/span>Exa <span class=\"lightblue\">News<\/span><\/h1>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-28cb134 elementor-widget__width-inherit elementor-widget elementor-widget-theme-post-title elementor-page-title elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"28cb134\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"theme-post-title.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">PSTN retirement next steps from Openreach<\/h1>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c284150 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-hidden-phone elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"c284150\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-86eb76d elementor-mobile-align-center elementor-align-center elementor-widget__width-initial post-info elementor-widget elementor-widget-post-info\" data-id=\"86eb76d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"post-info.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-inline-items elementor-icon-list-items elementor-post-info\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item elementor-repeater-item-ba9c996 elementor-inline-item\" itemprop=\"datePublished\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text elementor-post-info__item elementor-post-info__item--type-date\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-post-info__item-prefix\">Date Posted:<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<time>31.01.2023<\/time>\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item elementor-repeater-item-a339c7b elementor-inline-item\" itemprop=\"author\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text elementor-post-info__item elementor-post-info__item--type-author\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-post-info__item-prefix\">Written by:<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tExa Networks\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4c97ce1 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-hidden-phone elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"4c97ce1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-b1a0dc3 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"b1a0dc3\" data-element_type=\"section\" 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class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-17ff6e4\" data-id=\"17ff6e4\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-944a48a custom-posts elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"944a48a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3>Openreach is trialling methods to encourage customers to upgrade to full fibre before the <a href=\"https:\/\/exa.net.uk\/pstn-analogue-telephone-switch-off\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">PSTN switch off in 2025<\/a>.<\/h3>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bd69a67 custom-posts elementor-widget 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This is with the aim to encourage customers still using analogue phone lines, to contact their provider and upgrade to new, digital alternatives.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ea73d18 custom-posts elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ea73d18\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What does this mean?<\/span><\/h4>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5559bd8 custom-posts elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5559bd8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The majority of Exa customers relying on the PSTN network have now been moved over to a product called <a href=\"https:\/\/exa.net.uk\/what-is-sogea\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SoGEA<\/a>, while the full fibre build completes across the UK.<\/p><p>If you are using SoGEA connectivity, this means your bandwidth will not be affected by these measures, however you will no longer be able to use your analogue phone line. We recommend those who require telephone services get in touch with us to discuss <a href=\"https:\/\/exa.net.uk\/what-is-voip\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">VoIP<\/a> options asap, to avoid the risk of disruption.<\/p><p>For those remaining on the copper network (who aren\u2019t exempt) Openreach will be reducing download speeds to around 2Mbps from April 24, followed by the blocking of out-bound calls, from June 5. The changes will be introduced in batches to better manage customer responses.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-c486a4e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c486a4e\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-cb78336\" data-id=\"cb78336\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0878a6c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0878a6c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" 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