On 21/11/2019 10:16, Graeme wrote:

Keep seeing stories regarding BT's planned switch off of analogue phone
lines in 2025 but, knowing little about telephony, and having no
particular interest in the subject, don't know what this really means
for the average home phone user.

Thoughts?

When I was working on the future BT network they were still going to
have POTS but all the exchanges were going to be removed and replaced by
cards in the green cabinet and a softswitch to run it all.

We were developing the stuff to do it when Gordon Brown bankrupted Marconi.