Miscellaneous Ringing people up

[Vetinari]

My initials are P C - PC Effamy

Evening constable.

 

[Targa]

Evening All

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eel1_vUt0WI

 

[ESJohn]

AT&T to Eliminate Copper Wire Phone Lines to Most Users. Who Stands to Lose? — TURN

Source: USA Today | By Betty Lin-Fisher "Customers may be losing a choice for reliable service," said Regina Costa, telecommunications policy director for The Utility Reform Network (TURN) in California. Costa, who also chairs the telecommunications committee for the National

www.turn.org

 

[Vetinari]

We are on full fibre internet and phone so no electricity no phone or internet. Will have to rely on mobile.

 

[jonf]

We are on full fibre internet and phone so no electricity no phone or internet. Will have to rely on mobile.

Everyone in the UK will be by 31 January 2027, when ISDN will switch off. Won't actually matter to the vast majority of people, but there are some systems, such as communication systems in lifts, door entry sysems and so on, which still use ISDN. It'll also finally put an end to faxes, which is a very good thing. BT announced this years ago, so companies have had plenty of time to plan.

I also find that fewer people call on the phone these days, and hardly anyone calls our land line anymore. I do still get calls, though - I'f probably had about half a dozen in the last week.

 

[mizmar]

We are on full fibre internet and phone so no electricity no phone or internet. Will have to rely on mobile.

Also, the days when they could run the copper network on half a lemon and a bit of zinc, are long gone. Given which the mobile networks are as, and probably more, robust.

I actually have an emergency phone. It's a robust, waterproof feature phone with a pay as you go SIM that sits in the corner, charging once a week. Our copper network is long gone; but I'm more confident in the feature phone than I was in the copper.

 

[thomsax]

I bought a new home (desk) telephone (4G) and placed it where the old "copper" telephone was placed. No smartphone standard. Back to the future.

 

[mizmar]

I bought a new home (desk) telephone (4G) and placed it where the old "copper" telephone was placed. No smartphone standard. Back to the future.

My other half got mis-sold one of those. I was furious (actually I don't get furious; scathing).
Somehow the - probably corrupt - regulator allowed the fixed line numbers to be had by a bunch of wise guy mafioso when they where about to cut the copper lines. Said gangsters phoned vulnerable people and offered a replacement... Which was just an android phone in a desk phone... Pluss an outrageous monthly subscription. What an utter rip-off.

There was absolutely no reason - other than corruption - not to put the fixed numbers into the mobile system and give everyone a PAC.

 

[Vetinari]

Gradually catching up with modern tech.
I still use this.