Written Question·Department for Science, Innovation and Technology·UIN 21935
Voice over Internet Protocol: Rural Areas
Tabled: 3 January 2025
Answered: 13 January 2025
Question
Ben Maguire
Liberal Democrat — North Cornwall
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that rural communities remain connected following the digital switchover.
Answer
Chris BryantThe digital switchover is an industry led programme. Customers in rural communities will not have their landlines migrated to Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) without an available stable internet connection (VoIP only requires a minimum speed of 0.5mbp...
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