United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 146002
Telephone Systems: Rural Areas
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23 March 2022
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31 March 2022 · Answer
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Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment her Department has made of the impact of switching off the Public Switched Telephone Network in 2025 on rural areas with poor broadband connectivity.
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23 March 2022
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment her Department has made of the impact of switching off the Public Switched Telephone Network in 2025 on rural areas with poor broadband connectivity.
Source: Commons
31 March 2022
Answer
Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) services (the Public Switched Telephone Network’s replacement) require a minimum stable connection speed of just 0.5Mbps in order to function correctly, and voice-only services will still be available to consumers in th...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2022-03-23/146002
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1453698
- uk · wq-1453698 · source updated 31 March 2022