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Takket

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29. a good read

Reply to LiberalArkie (Original post)

Mon Mar 31, 2014, 05:28 AM

Mar 2014

http://www.fcc.gov/guides/voip-and-911-service

I work in telephone exchange buildings and I can tell you, all the old equipment that supports copper lines are on their way out and all the new equipment that supports VOIP is being installed. Due to cell phones and VOIP customers the landline customers are down something like 90% in the last decade. VOIP is going to be the reality by the end of this decade.

Next time I talk to the network folks I'll try to find out how they are going to ensure we have 911 service over VOIP even during a crisis. I'm not a network guy, so I don't really know how all that stuff works

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Telecom Providers Want an End to the Landline [View all] LiberalArkie Mar 2014 OP

This is a very bad idea ... ananda Mar 2014 #1

Why do you say it's a bad idea? penultimate Mar 2014 #6

For those of us in Florida that can experience blackouts for two days to a week during Baitball Blogger Mar 2014 #10

And when might you most want the ability to call 911? Erich Bloodaxe BSN Mar 2014 #14

I suppose you're right... penultimate Mar 2014 #19

And I might well be in a situation where the reverse is true. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Mar 2014 #21

Backup batteries for VoIP phones is normal. tammywammy Mar 2014 #22

Well, hospitals always have their own emergency generators. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Mar 2014 #24

I just had to switch over to fiber for everything tech3149 Mar 2014 #32

In Kentucky A Little Weird Mar 2014 #18

redundancy in something as vitally important as communication should be required. KittyWampus Mar 2014 #2

+1 n/t area51 Mar 2014 #3

People are idiots and will go after the easiest and glitziest shiny thing Skidmore Mar 2014 #33

WTF happens in an emergency like Hurricane Sandy?? DinahMoeHum Mar 2014 #4

My brother still holds onto his CB & short wave. Eleanors38 Mar 2014 #5

I wouldn't have made it through Sandy without my landline. smokey nj Mar 2014 #7

Not to worry durablend Mar 2014 #8

Well there goes my BBS. L0oniX Mar 2014 #9

Don't they have to have 911 service even to non-subscribers? n/t PowerToThePeople Mar 2014 #11

I wonder how this will work out? LiberalArkie Mar 2014 #12

I just used my landline last week during a day-long blackout! (Cell phone wasn't charged.) reformist2 Mar 2014 #13

when they force* you into bundling your coax services, and pull your houselines off reddread Mar 2014 #34

I have a legit landline, no "bundle." All service, all the time. No need for a "charger." WinkyDink Mar 2014 #15

We shut off our landline and replaced it with Ooma Holly_Hobby Mar 2014 #16

Fine. But in exchange the federal government builds a national wireless system... hunter Mar 2014 #17

Don't build it JustAnotherGen Mar 2014 #28

A VoIP phone with a battery backup would be adequate during most normal power outages. n/t tammywammy Mar 2014 #20

Depends on where you live, I guess. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Mar 2014 #23

I need mine as an access line for my monitored security system williesgirl Mar 2014 #25

Bastardi!!!!! As they say in Italy. MADem Mar 2014 #26

It's the reality JustAnotherGen Mar 2014 #27

a good read Takket Mar 2014 #29

The way to fight this customerserviceguy Mar 2014 #30

Yeah.. No CFLDem Mar 2014 #31

I can almost always tell an Internet connection customerserviceguy Mar 2014 #36

They better rethink that strategy. SamKnause Mar 2014 #35