Richard Quinn<p><a href="https://www.change.org/p/save-our-landlines-stop-forced-digital-switchovers-keep-heather-safe" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">change.org/p/save-our-landline</span><span class="invisible">s-stop-forced-digital-switchovers-keep-heather-safe</span></a></p><p>The digital switchover isn't just an issue for older people. Copper pair landlines are (pretty much) guaranteed to work if there's a (local) power cut. This isn't true of the Internet, or Internet connected devices. And how reliable are mobile phone signals? We will all be at risk. </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/DigitalSwitchover" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DigitalSwitchover</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Landline" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Landline</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Telephone" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Telephone</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/BT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BT</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/BritishTelecom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BritishTelecom</span></a></p>