Telecoms Digging up to get rid of Telephone lines Blocks Walkways in Watford

These Works happening in Whippendell Road will affect the future.

In 2017, the government and major telecom companies agreed that traditional landlines which are run on copper wires would be phased out by the end of 2025 and they would be replaced by telephone communication based on the internet.

After serving the UK for over a century, the traditional landline network with its copper wires is facing retirement. By 2025, phone calls will be moving entirely to the internet. This digital switchover, backed by both the government and telecom companies, aims to modernize the ageing infrastructure. However, there are worries about a potential downside.

Whippendell Road. Three-way temporary lights. Over 100 yards of pathway blocked, no safe crossing. Until 20th March.

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