Zen Systems · 3CX Titanium Partner
Our guide to the PSTN switch off
The PSTN switch off date is now fixed on the 31st of January 2027. Reach out to us and we can make sure that you have sorted your lines post-switch off, and that you can run business as usual. We've spent eighteen years hosting business phone systems, we can help you make sure you are set up, regardless of your situation.
What's actually happening
Important information overview
This isn't a rumour or a sales tactic. Openreach is retiring the copper network on a fixed timetable, every business will move onto it eventually.
31 Jan 2027
The confirmed, final switch off date. No extension planned.
2023
Openreach stopped selling new PSTN and copper broadband lines
1,000+
UK telephone exchanges already migrated, with more converting every month
The cost of doing nothing
Left too late, this stops being a plan and becomes an emergency
Every business on a copper line moves eventually, and that's good news. Move on your terms, ahead of time, and it becomes one less thing to worry about.
- Card machines, alarms, lifts and fax lines that still run over copper can stop working the day your local exchange switches, not just at the final deadline.
- Openreach has already stopped selling new PSTN and FTTC lines, so a line that fails can't simply be reordered like for like.
- A switch arranged in a hurry, by whoever is free that week, is when calls get missed and numbers go missing.
- A phone system set up under pressure by a stranger is not one anyone can fix quickly if it goes wrong six months later.
Your switch, mapped out
How we take the fear out of migration
Every business dreads the switchover, we make sure it's smooth and efficient, not stressful or confusing.
We look before we touch anything
We map every line, number and device that still depends on copper, including the ones nobody remembers are there, before we suggest a thing.
We tell you the best course of action for your business
We handle your business needs exactly, your team keeps working as usual. Anything that needs testing gets tested first.
We stay on the line afterwards
We keep checking in, before and after the move. If your business changes, we already know your system.
In their own words
“Changing anything in a business is a big, scary thing. They made the switch the easy part.”
A Zen Systems customer, moving off a legacy phone line
Peace of mind in business telecoms
Let's find out where you stand before Openreach decides for you
Book a free consultation. We'll look at what's still running over copper, tell you what needs to move and by when, and we'll be honest if the answer is nothing yet.