POTS Ending (Re: Operation Ghost Click)

Fri May 4 09:11:43 UTC 2012

Curious to know if naked DSL (DSL without dialtone & POTS link) is common
in North America? We don't have that available here in India yet apart from
fact that PSTN <<>> IP connectivity is banned which brings up back to
GSM/CDMA and POTS option.

On Thu, May 3, 2012 at 8:47 PM, Brandt, Ralph <ralph.brandt at pateam.com>wrote:

> 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.......
>
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> Ralph Brandt
> York PA
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>
> -----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
>
>

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