Subj : Re: whoa... alive and kicking
To   : Vk3jed
From : Nightfox
Date : Tue Jun 19 2018 09:50 am

  Re: Re: whoa... alive and kicking
  By: Vk3jed to Nightfox on Tue Jun 19 2018 09:22 am

 Vk> Here the POTS network is being decommissioned as the NBN is rolled out, at
 Vk> least in urban areas. I think there's some landlines being retained in
 Vk> rural areas where fixed wireless and satellite are the NBN access
 Vk> technologies in se.

For the end user, I wonder if it still works like a regular phone line.  One of
the advantages of a land line phone was that it would still work even if your
house lost power, so you could call emergency services or family if you needed
to.  I wonder if the VoIP lines work the same way.  But of course, many people
here have cell phones instead of a land line.  A cell phone can still work in
an emergency as long as its battery has a charge and it has a signal..

Nightfox

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