http://www.zdnet.com/article/nbn-co-prepares-to-switch-off-copper-network/
Its rather a sad day in my area today but its part of "Progress", our
old copper Phone line network is being disconnected.
I now have a NBN Broad-Band connection and thus VOIP phone facilities
but I still will miss those old telephone lines and I'm alreayd missing
them.
For example, the NBN Broad-Band facility went down for about an hour a
few nights ago, don't ask me why but it did thus I was unable to call
anyone, of course the Copper phone line network can go down too from
time to time but this very rarely happened and I'm really surprised that
the Copper network wasn't ketp as a backup resource, apparently not.
Yes, if the power goes out to my termination box for the BroadBand
connection a UPS kicks in to keep the connection alive so I can use my
"Fibre Phone" VOIP connection - plugs into a standard analogue phone -
as I'm entitled to by law given I have a medical condition however most
Broadband customers are not entitled to the UPS and must pay extra if
htey want it thus no power, no phone.
Even with the UPS the battery can only last so long, around 8 to 11
hours I'm told.
Anyway I have to admit that having a 100MBPS download speed and 10MBPS
upload speed does have benefits, I'm now able to enjoy HD audio like
never before, VOIP calls are just beautiful to participate in - even
when the other end is a fixed PSTN line 8000 miles away -.
