If you are called to tell you that you absolutely must switch to fiber optics… Be careful, these are certainly fraudulent calls.
Orange will stop marketing its ADSL offers from 2023. The incumbent operator has also announced that the copper network will cease to be used by 2030. This end of service will be gradual and will depend on two elements: “the deployment of the optical fiber and the migration of customers to VoIP”. A big construction site that attracts profiteers.
Indeed, as Univers Freebox points out, there are numerous reports of fraudulent calls whose objective is to encourage us to switch to optical fiber “next month”. The alarming message indicates that you can even lose your internet connection… The objective, for these profiteers, is to sell fiber optic subscriptions, they certainly come from a third-party reseller who has an agreement with an internet service provider.
Orange, via Véronique Fontaine, head of relations with local authorities at Orange Nîmes, confirmed that this was false, “ yes, it’s the end of this network, but not in a hurry “. In other words: there is no question, for the moment, of forcing customers to switch to fiber optics. Subscriptions will no longer be offered from 2023, unless no optical fiber option is available, while the technical shutdown should not start before 2025.
Do you have to switch to fiber optics?
For the moment, all suppliers need the agreement of their customers to install optical fiber. Which means that you are totally entitled to tell your internet service provider that you want to stay on ADSL even if you are eligible for fiber optics.
On the other hand, there are cases where fiber optics will be imposed on you: if your home is already connected to fiber optics, and if you change your offer and your home is eligible for fiber optics. With the exception of Bouygues Telecom which still offers the choice of technology.
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