Voice over Internet Protocol: Farnham and Bordon
Commons · Question 125955 · Tabled 10 Apr 2026 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology · Official record
Answered 21 Apr 2026
Question
Asked by Gregory Stafford
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
Answer
Answered by Kanishka Narayan, 21 Apr 2026
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...