Do nothing is not a plan
Some business owners are quietly hoping the deadline will slip. It will not. The stop-sell is already in force, and Openreach has committed to the January 2027 date with regulators.
The real cost of delay
- Emergency migrations cost 2-3x more - out-of-hours porting, expedited hardware, premium engineer rates.
- Number ports slow down - as demand spikes, ports that took 10 days will start taking 20 or 30.
- Hardware lead times stretch - IP phones and gateways are in short supply already.
- Insurance and compliance risk - a lift emergency phone that stops working could invalidate insurance the day it happens.
What early movers get
- Locked-in pricing before demand-led rises.
- A calm, planned cut-over with proper user training.
- Immediate savings on call charges and line rental - most SMEs are cash-positive within the first quarter.
- Modern features (mobile app, call recording, AI voicemail-to-text) they can put to work straight away.
Two minutes with our Readiness Check tells you exactly what your setup needs. No sales pitch, no obligation.
