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@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.......
Ralph Brandt York PA
-----Original Message----- From: Jared Mauch [mailto:jared@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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