Glad our new provider is Tachus as they are 100% fiber. As long as their
generator at their office is working, we will have internet. Good thing
about light is that you do not need to keep amplifying it downstream.
We went to VoIP with MagicJack a long time ago when they first started.
We keep it unplugged unless we want to make an outbound call. No spam
calls that way and all our friends have our cell numbers.
73...bruce
On 2/13/2024 3:18 PM, Jeff Greer via BVARC wrote:
At work, we're having to convert all our old POTS lines to VoIP. The
telcos don't want to spend the money to keep the old copper phone
lines working. You'll still be able to have a VoIP phone at home, but
it'll be useless if you lose Internet.
All the more reason to know how to get a message out via ham radio. 😉
-j
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*Subject:* Re: [BVARC] the phase out of landline phone service
To all
I have a land line and need to keep it since I have a captel phone
for hard of hearing
In a message dated 2/8/2024 2:38:27 PM Central Standard Time,
bvarc@bvarc.org writes:
Yeah, I’ve had a landline for years and I don’t plan on getting
rid of it anytime soon but unfortunately they decide to pull it.
They’re gonna pull it.
Sent from my iPhone
On Feb 8, 2024, at 1:39 PM, Chris Medlin via BVARC
<bvarc@bvarc.org> wrote:
I heard this story in the news this week.. that landline phones
were being phased out.. that cellular is king… and even though I
haven’t had a home landline in years, I do know the power of
having one in times of infrastructural crisis… so this story just
adds that extra validation of the importance of Ham Radio in the
event of infrastructure outage.
When all else fails, Ham Radio.
“Don’t let them drop us!” Landline users protest AT&T copper
retirement plan | Ars Technica
<https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/02/dont-let-them-drop-us-landline-users-protest-att-copper-retirement-plan/>
Enjoy!
73
Chris/AC5CM
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*Subject:* Re: [BVARC] the phase out of landline phone service
To all
I have a land line and need to keep it since I have a captel phone
for hard of hearing
In a message dated 2/8/2024 2:38:27 PM Central Standard Time,
bvarc@bvarc.org writes:
Yeah, I’ve had a landline for years and I don’t plan on getting
rid of it anytime soon but unfortunately they decide to pull it.
They’re gonna pull it.
Sent from my iPhone
On Feb 8, 2024, at 1:39 PM, Chris Medlin via BVARC
<bvarc@bvarc.org> wrote:
I heard this story in the news this week.. that landline phones
were being phased out.. that cellular is king… and even though I
haven’t had a home landline in years, I do know the power of
having one in times of infrastructural crisis… so this story just
adds that extra validation of the importance of Ham Radio in the
event of infrastructure outage.
When all else fails, Ham Radio.
“Don’t let them drop us!” Landline users protest AT&T copper
retirement plan | Ars Technica
<https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/02/dont-let-them-drop-us-landline-users-protest-att-copper-retirement-plan/>
Enjoy!
73
Chris/AC5CM
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