Phone landline switch-off 'is a sword hanging over vulnerable'

A PETITION against the forced switch from analogue to digital land-lines has been signed by more than 12,000 people.

- Katie Harris

The Silver Voices charity warned that the change is "like a Damocles Sword" hanging over the elderly and vulnerable.

It fears the shift will lead to "tragedies" if emergency calls cannot be made. Digital landlines need an inter-net connection and do not work during power cuts.

Director Dennis Reed said: "The success of our new petition shows the extent of concern there is about the personal safety of older people from being forced to take up unreliable digital telephones.

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