RE: POTS Ending (Re: Operation Ghost Click)

["Brandt, Ralph" <ralph.brandt () pateam com>]

I am not sure who uses DSL here.  I have two people I know who use it,
both are dissatisfied and if they had an alternative it woud not be.

 

It is slow, unreliable compared to cable.  

 

Ralph Brandt

Communications Engineer

HP Enterprise Services

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Mechanicsburg PA 17055

 

From: Anurag Bhatia [mailto:me () anuragbhatia com] 
Sent: Friday, May 04, 2012 5:12 AM
To: Brandt, Ralph
Cc: NANOG list
Subject: Re: POTS Ending (Re: Operation Ghost Click)

 

Curious to know if naked DSL (DSL without dialtone & POTS link) is
common in North America? We don't have that available here in India yet
apart from fact that PSTN <<>> IP connectivity is banned which brings up
back to GSM/CDMA and POTS option.

On Thu, May 3, 2012 at 8:47 PM, Brandt, Ralph <ralph.brandt () pateam com>
wrote:

Connecticut has such a bill pending. My suggestion to people there, Get
a ham radio license and a 2 meter transceiver with a  car adapter.......




Ralph Brandt
York PA



-----Original Message-----
From: Jared Mauch [mailto:jared () puck nether net]
Sent: Wednesday, May 02, 2012 11:29 PM
To: Frank Bulk
Cc: NANOG list
Subject: POTS Ending (Re: Operation Ghost Click)


On May 2, 2012, at 9:42 PM, Frank Bulk wrote:

> Many states have regulations regarding how long dial tone needs to
last
> during a power outage.  Iowa's PUC (the IUB) requires at least two
hours of
> backup power.  We design ours for eight hours.

One thing of note that I've been tracking is this:

http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/story/2012-04-16/landline-service-be
coming-obsolete/54321184/1
<http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/story/2012-04-16/landline-service-b
e%0d%0acoming-obsolete/54321184/1> 

I'm somewhat dubious about the following claims on the part of the
carrier.  This is a carrier that wants to meter your cellular data but
provides wifi service inferior to the cellular data to "offload" their
wireless network.

-- snip --
"Bill sponsors and phone companies including AT&T say deregulating
land-line phone service will increase competition and allow carriers to
invest in better technology rather than expand a dying service. Some
consumer organizations fear the change will hurt affordable service,
especially in rural areas."
-- snip --

- Jared





 

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