Question follow-through · 125955
Voice over Internet Protocol: Farnham and Bordon
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether her department has an estimation of the number of houses in Farnham and Bordon with poor broadband that will be left without a telephone connection following the landline to dig
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- Answering body
- Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
- Tabled
- 10 Apr 2026
- Target answer date
- 14 Apr 2026
- Answer
- 21 Apr 2026 · 11 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
10 Apr 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether her department has an estimation of the number of houses in Farnham and Bordon with poor broadband that will be left without a telephone connection following the landline to dig
14 Apr 2026
Target answer date
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21 Apr 2026
Answer published
Landlines are not being removed. The technology underpinning the analogue landline network, the Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN), is being upgraded to digital Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP).In order to function correctly, VoIP requires a mini...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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