Calls for taskforce to prepare for copper broadband switch-off

Fibre broadband network operator Siro warns that everyday items such as home security alarms, health security monitors, emergency phones, and retail point-of-sale terminals could all be impacted by the switch-off

ComReg has already approved the commencement of the copper wire switch-off. Picture: File

Fibre broadband network operator Siro has called for a taskforce to be established in order to properly prepare for when the old copper wire is to be switched off permanently.

The communications regulator ComReg has already approved commencement of the switch-off, with the EU Commission proposing that all copper broadband be shut down by 2023.