Written Question·Department for Science, Innovation and Technology·UIN 119373
Telecommunications Cables
Tabled: 10 March 2026
Answered: 18 March 2026
Question
Clive Lewis
Labour — Norwich South
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of alternate infrastructure to replace copper wire ADSL systems.
Answer
Kanishka NarayanADSL relies on the copper based Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN). The PSTN is increasingly unreliable and prone to failure. In 2024/25 there were over 2,600 major incidents on the PSTN, each affecting 500 or more customers. This is why industry ha...
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