WLR Withdrawal move to All IP WLR withdrawal

WLR Withdrawal & move to All IP

WLR withdrawal & a move to All IP • The Openreach infrastructure is withdrawing WLR and associated internet access products ( FTTC , ADSL) and upgrading to All IP services by end 2025 • Some services, in some areas will start to become unavailable from NOW so now is the time to start the migration, in particular to VOIP as this is already available. Some of the internet access services are not yet available. The below services will go “end of life” by Dec 2025 WLR 3 ISDN 30 SLU SMPF ISDN 2 LLU SMPF CLASSIC PRODUCTS NARROWBAND LINE SHARE

WLR withdrawal 5 year timeline, a lot happens before 2025 Stop Sell End of Life FTTP only WLR Oct 2021 May 2021 Salisbury Mildenhall 117 Exchanges 51 Exchanges June 2021 Dec 2020 Stop Sell Sep 2023 Mildenhall & Salisbury National Dec 2025 Dec 2022 Stop Sell FTTP Only Stop sell switch new business to All IP ready products National Stop Sell WLR End Of Life migration deadline for existing business

Broadband Asymmetric/ Contended 10 (p Gb la nn in g) e) 1 G (a b va ila bl 10 (a 0 M va b ila bl e) FT (p TP la nn in g) e) G So FA (p G ST la FA nn S in T g) FT (a TP va ila bl FT So TC (H G 1 EA 20 21 ) Ethernet Symmetric/ Uncontended Eo So FT (p E TC la o. F nn T in TC g) EF M SL D A Connectivity Portfolio All IP ready Bulk migration path to All IP product Legacy

Business upgrade examples PSTN + Access CPS + Access ISDN 30 + Access ISDN 2 + Access Voice Led Replaced with So. GEA/FTTP + VOIP + No. Porting ADSL + Horizon FTTC + Horizon Replaced with So. GEA/FTTP + No. Porting or Mobile + WLR Replacement Vo. IP ADSL Internet Access only FTTC Internet Access Only Data Led Replaced with So. GEA/FTTP + VOIP Replaced with So. GEA/FTTP

Data FTTP Broadband Availability FTTP Premises passed Sep 2019 3. 3 m 10% FTTP % Coverage Sep 2019 FTTP Premises passed Mar 2021 4. 5 m FTTP Premises passed Dec 2025 15 m FTTP % Coverage Mar 2021 FTTP % coverage Dec 2025 14% 47%

FTTP and Lease Lines • FTTP (Fibre to the Premises) is becoming more widely available • Speed ranges upto 1000 mbps (1 GB) download and upto 220 mbps upload • FTTP doesn’t have an associated PSTN telephone number so business needs an associated VOIP service for telephony • Internet Lease Lines are available from 10 mb synchronous dedicated fibre lines upwards to 10 GB. Lease Lines don’t have an associated PSTN telephone number so business needs an associated VOIP service for telephony

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