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| Is Verizon POTS even relevant anymore? The only people who still have POTS service are those who are fearful of new technology like VOIP and people who cant get broadband. Its a no brainer. Most Voip is 30 dollars or less per month all you can talk. Bad news is that they Hose you with the cable television rates. |
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 wifi4milezBig Russ, 1918 to 2008. Rest in Peace
join:2004-08-07
New York, NY | said by bronxlcsw:The only people who still have POTS service are those who are fearful of new technology like VOIP and people who cant get broadband. That's the stupidest thing I have heard all week. I have VoIP, but I also have POTS. No matter who provides it, VoIP is not nearly as reliable as POTS in case of an emergency. I don't care that it is $30 "less" per month, my (and my families) safety is worth a lot more than saving a few bucks. I also have broadband, and have for close to 10 years so that has nothing to do with it. As for being "fearful of new technologies" that is just ignorant of you to say. I personally design and sell multi million dollar fiber networks for F100 companies all day long, what exactly do YOU do? 
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 ·Comcast
| MAybe we should petition for dumb ass of the week. Or worst post of the week, maybe even dumb ass of the week.
I personally have worked on telco systems for years with most major cell carriers. And I know what telco boxes must withstand to be NEBS compliant.
I worked installing servers for voip companies and can say they never went the more expensive NEBS compliant route.
I value my safety as well. I have seen the Voip systems in companies fail way to many times to put it in use in my home.
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 old_dawg"I Know Noting..."
join:2001-09-22
Westminster, MD | reply to bronxlcsw
said by bronxlcsw:The only people who still have POTS service are those who are fearful of new technology like VOIP and people who cant get broadband. Hmm, I heard that same argument about "big iron" mainframe computers years ago but guess what?, they are still around.
No argument that there's a migration over to VOIP from circuit switched telephony, but there's also a saturation point as well.
Amigo, I've been in the business for three decades and I'll take the reliable as a hammer technology of a Lucent 5E or Nortel DMS any day of the week for my dial tone.
As the tragedy of the WTC made painfully clear, when the cell tower went down with the building along went cell service in Lower Manhattan. So when the power goes off at your VOIP equipped house, how long do you think the standby battery will keep your phone up?. As long as the 48V battery plant (and standby diesel generators) at telco's CO?, didn't think so.
You're more than welcome to extol the virtues of new technology, just try not to be such a raving fan boy.
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