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Charlotte, NC | reply to dsldude08
Re: POTS is necessary dsldude is correct the phone companies found if they leave all the connections when a customer disconnects service they can turn on new service sometimes while you are placing the service. The longer the service is disconnected the more likely parts of the line will be used on another circuit.
Here is news the major telcos are moving to VOIP because the equipment is cheaper both to purchase and operate. It may take years but that is the future. There will come a day when you will not be able to get traditional POTS service in some areas. I predict when the telcos lose enough POTS lines they will force the remaining POTS customers will be forced on to a VOIP system like in new neighborhoods with only FTTP.
In the old BellSouth region the newer neighborhoods and rural customers are on fiber to the node FTTN. If the power is lost to the site and a generator is not attached before the battery backup system is used up you lose the pots line just like having a cordless phone. |
