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Gower calling... network set for landline switch
South Wales Evening Post
|November 22, 2025
AN AREA of Gower will be one of the next places in the UK to have its landline network switched off.
As part of major plans to replace the century-old copper telephone line network used for landline calls and home broadband across the UK, BT-owned Openreach has announced the next 94 locations that will undergo the switch-off. These changes will affect approximately 960,000 premises throughout the country.
The transition is part of Openreach's “stop sell” order, which will see the 94 areas moved away from copper-based landlines and broadband services over the next 12 months, moving towards upgraded next-generation full-fibre services.
After the upgrade, users will be required to switch to a broadband-powered telephone, using Voice Over Internet Protocol (VoIP) technology to make calls - technology already used by applications such as WhatsApp, Skype, and Messenger.
This story is from the November 22, 2025 edition of South Wales Evening Post.
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