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Re: 5G roadblock: labor
From: Mark Tinka <mark.tinka () seacom mu>
Date: Sat, 4 Jan 2020 15:20:10 +0200
On 4/Jan/20 12:44, Tom Ivar Helbekkmo via NANOG wrote:
It's happening where I live, now. My ISP recently announced that all the POTS lines, and any network connectivity over them, would be decommissioned shortly, and affected subscribers moved to cellular instead. It's happening all over the country, as the company that owns the POTS infrastructure has decided it's too expensive to keep maintaining it.
They are all doing it. A short while back, Telia announced no more copper in Sweden by (was it) 2020 or 2021... something along those lines. See here: https://www.teliacompany.com/en/news/news-articles/2018/the-fall-of-copper-watch-telia-shift-technologies/ Telkom South Africa are doing the same, albeit a bit more poorly - removing copper lines without having a real terrestrial alternative apart from some dodgy wireless in areas with no fibre. The point, they all see maintaining copper as wasting cash. I'd agree. But this generally applies to operators that have both land and cellular services. Most ISP's will only have just the one option, and in most cases, it will be land. Mark.
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- Re: 5G roadblock: labor Mark Tinka (Jan 06)
- Re: 5G roadblock: labor Paul Nash (Jan 06)
- Re: 5G roadblock: labor Mark Tinka (Jan 06)
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- Re: 5G roadblock: labor Mark Tinka (Jan 07)
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- Re: 5G roadblock: labor Mark Tinka (Jan 04)
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- Re: 5G roadblock: labor Sabri Berisha (Jan 04)
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- Re: 5G roadblock: labor Mark Tinka (Jan 05)
- Re: 5G roadblock: labor Sabri Berisha (Jan 06)
- Re: 5G roadblock: labor Michael Thomas (Jan 06)
- Re: 5G roadblock: labor Mark Tinka (Jan 06)
- Re: 5G roadblock: labor Sabri Berisha (Jan 06)
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