Broadband: Power Failures
Commons · Question 43570 · Tabled 2 Apr 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology · Official record
Answered 8 Apr 2025
Question
Asked by Ben Lake
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether he has had recent discussions with Ofcom on increasing the four-hour minimum time requirement for power backup during power outages in the broadband phone network.
Answer
Answered by Chris Bryant, 8 Apr 2025
Communication providers have statutory responsibilities to take appropriate and proportionate steps to provide resilient networks and services. Ofcom published guidance in September 2024 on the measures that providers can take to meet those responsibiliti...