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 DemocratNorth 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 Bryant
The 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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