POTS Ending (Re: Operation Ghost Click)

Thu May 3 15:17:15 UTC 2012

Connecticut has such a bill pending. My suggestion to people there, Get
a ham radio license and a 2 meter transceiver with a  car adapter.......

Ralph Brandt
York PA

-----Original Message-----
From: Jared Mauch [mailto:jared at puck.nether.net] 
Sent: Wednesday, May 02, 2012 11:29 PM
To: Frank Bulk
Cc: NANOG list
Subject: POTS Ending (Re: Operation Ghost Click)

On May 2, 2012, at 9:42 PM, Frank Bulk wrote:

> Many states have regulations regarding how long dial tone needs to
last
> during a power outage.  Iowa's PUC (the IUB) requires at least two
hours of
> backup power.  We design ours for eight hours.

One thing of note that I've been tracking is this:

http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/story/2012-04-16/landline-service-be
coming-obsolete/54321184/1

I'm somewhat dubious about the following claims on the part of the
carrier.  This is a carrier that wants to meter your cellular data but
provides wifi service inferior to the cellular data to "offload" their
wireless network.

-- snip --
"Bill sponsors and phone companies including AT&T say deregulating
land-line phone service will increase competition and allow carriers to
invest in better technology rather than expand a dying service. Some
consumer organizations fear the change will hurt affordable service,
especially in rural areas."
-- snip --

- Jared