End of the copper network by 2030 in favor of fiber: will we always be able to keep our landline ?

Le rapide déploiement de la fibre optique en France, qui entraînera la disparition du réseau cuivre, permettra de continuer à téléphone d'un équipement fixe. permettra MAXPPP – Lionel VADAM

Arcep, the telecoms regulatory authority, provides the answers.

With the scheduled end of the copper telephone network, a question emerges: will we still be able to keep our landline telephone line when the fiber network, which should succeed it, is deployed? ? Arcep's response is clear: "At the time of the closure of the copper network in your municipality, or before if you wish to anticipate the actions to be taken , you must find out about the offers of the different operators present in your sector.

Indeed, several technologies, other than copper, make it possible to maintain your landline telephone and internet access. "Optical fiber, currently being deployed throughout the country, cable networks, in certain areas, fixed 4G and 5G boxes, satellites" are the main technologies enabling it.

We can call landlines with fiber

L’Arcep advises finding out about "the deployment of these technologies in your home on the website "My internet connection" , updated every quarter". Then, "you can contact the commercial operator of your choice to organize the migration to the new technology you have chosen.

Furthermore, "the choice to offer subscriptions limited to one& ;nbsp;basic telephony offer belongs to each operator", specifies the regulator. The only difference is that "communications will be through fiber optic, or other technology, and not copper wire". Knowing that with the arrival of fiber, "we will always be able to call with a landline". New technologies, and in particular fiber, "today support fixed telephony in the same way as the copper network".