There are calls for careful planning around the switch-off of Ireland's old copper broadband network amid warnings that many devices are still reliant on the system.
There are calls for careful planning around the switch-off of Ireland's old copper broadband network amid warnings that many devices are still reliant on the system.
The UK switch-off was paused at the end of last year after several incidents where telecare devices used by older people stopped working. The European Commission has marked 2030 as its preferred deadline by which all copper networks across the EU would switch-off."The process of transitioning away from copper broadband will take place over several years but it will impact hundreds of thousands of householders and businesses," said SIRO Chief Commercial Officer, Ronan Whelan.
ComReg said the copper switch-off process will begin with a submission by telecom company eir of a switch-off proposal for approval. A spokesperson for eir said the transition from copper to fibre in Ireland is still some years off and will be done in a carefully planned way.
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