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Re:The UK’s PSTN network will switch off in 2025 by daveoc64 on Tuesday January 03, 2023 @09:51PM (#34241357)
There are some solutions to these problems.

The typical hardware solution is for the phone provider to install a battery powered backup device.

In the event of a power cut, the backup device allows the landline phone to make calls to 112/999 using a built-in mobile SIM.

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Re:The UK’s PSTN network will switch off in 2025 by mike22 on Thursday January 05, 2023 @07:39PM (#34269270)
In the US, Verizon offers (sometimes includes for free) a battery backup unit for their ONT for FiOS service, in the name of providing only the phone services during a power outage. In general there’s nothing stopping any customer from using an off the shelf UPS.
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