At 04:55 PM 1/1/2010, t.piwowar wrote: >That does not mean that twisted copper pairs are going away. In some >areas twisted pairs will go away. In other areas that will be around >for a long time. What will change is the signaling that travels over >the lines. It is going to be purely digital. That is inevitable and it >will be happening soon.
Will the twisted copper pairs carry power to the handset? That's the issue for me. Or will the power required by the device in the home and any devices on the network outside of the TELCO be small enough that reasonable batteries will last two weeks? ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
