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Originally Posted by Ken W
Will this FTTP rely on the internet, if so if the internet goes down folk will be left with no phone.
So if folk need to make a emergency 999 call they could not.
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No, it won't rely on the Internet, Ken. It will rely on the local network. The FTTP will have battery backup in the home and where the FTTP goes so that in case of power loss people will be able to make calls for a time.
If you hit Google the rest of Europe's cable companies along with North America and may others have run telephony over cable for a while, and FTTP is more reliable.