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Ark: Survival Evolved‘s official servers will switch off later today, at midnight UTC on September 30th (1am BST October 1st). The closure is part of paving the way for the piecemeal remake Ark: Survival Ascended, which will release in Steam Early Access in October.

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There is a significant change coming to the technology we use to communicate over the next few years. If you are a landline user, either with a personal landline or a business one, you may need to change your set-up due to the landline switch-off coming in 2025. After 2025, all analogue services will be shut down and replaced with digital phone services so it is better to be prepared than to be caught out and left without a connection.

Learn all about the landline switch-off and how you can prepare, both from a business and personal perspective, below.

What Is The 2025 Landline Switch Off?

In 2025, BT Openreach is set to turn off the UK’s remaining analogue public switched telephone network (PSTN). This year (2023), they will stop accepting new orders for PSTN systems altogether in…

By Emma Lewis, bOnline

One of the biggest shifts in telecoms technology in more than 100 years is coming up fast; but many businesses and individuals still haven’t heard about it.

The fact is that in just over two years’ time traditional landlines will permanently no longer work. This is because BT Openreach is set to upgrade the old analogue Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN) to a fast, secure, full-fibre digital network. It’s also connected to the government’s initiative to launch full fibre across the nation.

Known as “The Big Switch Off”, completion is expected by the end of December 2025 and means that all phone lines must be hosted over Internet Protocol (IP). It’s something that businesses in particular need to be aware of, because it’s not only phone calls…