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Re: Not sure why it took them so long Hmm, the landline is not dead, per se. It is HOW the landline is being delivered that is dying a painful death.
I have a landline at home and guess who provides it? Comcast, a cable company.
So, where as Comcast and other cable companies successfully got into Verizon and AT&T's asses by delivering telephone services just as well, if not better than the telcos, telcos will have to find their way into the cable markets and deliver just as well, if not better than the cable companies.
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| Landline is a landline, telephony line is a telephone line.
VoIP isn't the new "landline" it is the alternative to it.
There are still many legacy apps that require a traditional POTS line. Cheaper credit card terminals, telehealth vitals monitoring, etc. Sometimes T38 protocol enabled on a softswitch provider isn't enough to make it work.
Landlines are still relevant. It's just that telcos don't wish to maintain a product that isn't netting them 300% profit. |
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 RR ConductorHappy 40th AmtrakPremium
join:2002-04-02
Redwood Valley, CA
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1 edit | said by Network Guy:Landline is a landline, telephony line is a telephone line. VoIP isn't the new "landline" it is the alternative to it. There are still many legacy apps that require a traditional POTS line. Cheaper credit card terminals, telehealth vitals monitoring, etc. Sometimes T38 protocol enabled on a softswitch provider isn't enough to make it work. Landlines are still relevant. It's just that telcos don't wish to maintain a product that isn't netting them 300% profit. Bingo! I know in my line of work (government), having a dedicated voice landline and dedicated fax landline is a must.
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 SlidetboneMazin GoPremium
join:2002-11-10
Land O Lakes, FL | reply to Network Guy
High regulatory fees, local taxes, FCC subscriber line charges and other municipal phantom charges is what's killing the landline. IP telephony is not regulated and although not perfect and still riddled with packet losses and bad quality from time to time, it is favored because you pay exactly what you were quoted.
The telcos still use copper lines for transports and DSL. Dry Loop DSL has temporarily saved the landline albiet at a higher price, but it will take another decade for the PSTN technology to go defunct.
It is baffling as to why the telcos have not lobbied to drop all these regulated charges. I would think the regulators would be worried to lose the "profits" these fees bring them and allow the newer technology to settle in.
If I were a fat assed, bureaucratic pot bellied regulator, I would be relaxing these fees, maybe even exempting them so not to lose my cushy gov position in my red tape mandated job! It will take them years to tap into IP telephony and try to regulate it. |
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If its dead then why do I not have uverse in my neighborhood |
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cgigate
join:2003-05-12
Fort Worth, TX | reply to Network Guy
Fax should be dead too.
No need T38 |
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contsolePremium
join:2003-12-30
Bloomfield, CT | I'm surprised the way fax hangs on, yet the fax machine in my office runs all day with clients sending in orders. |
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