A government digital communications consultation document raises the prospect of the UK's copper-based networks being switched off. But is such a drastic move feasible, or even desirable?
If the UK switched off its copper telephone network tomorrow, the vast majority of the population would be left without an internet connection or a landline. But in the Department for Culture, Medi...
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