Copper services no longer available to properties that can have fibre
Manx Telecom says it will not hike the price of fibre when it withdraws other internet services.
That’s the pledge from the chief technical officer.
The company has outlined how it plans to get rid of its copper broadband (ASDL, VDSL and copper phone lines).
Thirty-six thousand properties have now got access to the superfast fibre broadband – the rollout was started in 2018 and is due to be completed by 2025.
MT says ‘at an appropriate time’ copper services will become ‘end of life’ and customers will be notified about a withdrawal period.
Traditional copper voice phone lines, and ASDL and VDSL services, are no longer available to order to properties that have fibre installed.
This includes apartment buildings where fibre is available to the complex.
Hugo van Zyl says it’s not financially sustainable to run both networks but is reassuring customers – wholesale and personal – that it doesn’t mean the cost will jump:
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