On 08/21/2015 08:20 AM, Carlos E. R. wrote:
On 2015-08-21 07:25, Anton Aylward wrote:
I'm not a enthusiast of any of these. I tried them out to see if they worked and how they worked and if they worked well. If I ever have to write a DR plan and need a way of communicating, the heck, hangouts is pretty good! But I don't see it replacing my POTS.
POTS is on the way out.
You took me too literally. I mean the function as opposed to enhanced services such as 'hangouts' or 'Skye' that can do text transfer, image transfer and video. "Plain old" meaning 'just voice' and nothing more.
My phone company has connected me via fibre (it was the only way they offered to improve the speed of my 1 mbit/s ADSL), and the house phone is connected to a device that is connected to the fibre and the power. That is, my phones are now powered from my mains supply, not from the (nonexistent) copper line.
Al the Big name telcos here off that and all the aspiring wannabes too.
And it is done by some kind of VoIP. I don't know exactly what technology, maybe "transparent" SIP.
No, its SIP and its uses a box, an "ATA" that implements the detail. I had one from Rogers, I now have a LinkSys one that sits along side my wifi router and does the same job and more. It connects via Ethernet to my firewall/switch. As well as the two phone sockets that connect to the house phone wiring it also has 3 Ethernet sockets on the back. It cost me $40 over a decade ago. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Analog_telephone_adapter The Rogers ATA tapped directly to the cable that bring TV and Internet into the house. If I were using Bell Fibre rather than Rogers Cable it would be more like your situation. The Rogers box also had a batter so it could survive power outages. My linksys relies on the UPS under my desk keeping the cable router and the firewall switch up and running. That is not a long term proposition.
Yes, a mains failure means I can not phone anybody for help. Of course, I had to install an UPS, because the thing design did not consider including a battery backup in the ONT device :-/
To be honest I don't use this a lot, I think POTS, that is house-bound wired voice only phone is on the way out. In some countries its been abandoned altogether. Its not just that cell is more convenient, carry the one handset inside the house and out, but that the alternatives to POTS have more desirable features and functions. -- A: Yes. > Q: Are you sure? >> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation. >>> Q: Why is top posting frowned upon? -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org