Power outage and Fibre

[tunesofglory]

I expect this issue has been commented on many, many times before and if it has been answered I apologise. 

A few years ago following storms in the North East many residents lost home power for days and those that had been converted to fibre lost their digital phone service and were unable to charge mobiles etc so were effectively isolated. As a result BT halted the roll out of fibre to reassess and consider this type of situation.  A newspaper article as recent as 2022 refers... 

BT puts the brakes on digital landline switchover - here's what that means for you

News

By Steve McCaskill

 published March 30, 2022

BT says upgrade is necessary, but admits elements have been rushed

...

Does the community have any knowledge of any outcome of BT's reconsider? I understand the standby power pack  was and is available but this outage I refer to was so widespread and caused such an outcry there seemed to be pressure on the company to come up with a solution. As far as I am aware the roll out now continues.

[imjolly]

the roll out of DV is now continuing. Battery back-ups may be available to vulnerable customers.

are you registered as a vulnerable person without mobile signal?  if mobile works then having a small power bank to charge mobile would be good investment

did you write and complain to power company about outage

[pippincp]

The outcome was to carry on.