On 9/28/09 01:25 , Brenda Ann wrote:
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I was talking to my old buddy on the phone this afternoon.One of his
sons works for Bell South (at&t) here in Jackson, he is a Techinal
Engineer at the phone company.
He said in a year, there will be no more land lines phone lines in
America.When I asked him, Why? He said becouse so many people nowadays
have cell phones and land line maintnance has gotten too expensive for
the phone companies.
What a Ca - tas - toe - strope! ~ Jimmy Durante.
cuhulin
I have an old school phone line. I have measured service for
$6.50/month. You want a copper pair if you can get one, especially if
you're getting old and live alone. 9-1-1 isn't reliable any other way.
They still have to maintain landlines for their ADSL and TV over phone line
services. Don't believe for a minute that they will toss out their cash
cow(s).
They're moving to bundled voice-internet-TV. When ATT installs
U-Verse, around here, the first thing they do is cut the copper. In
many cases, if possible, they remove the drop line from the pole, so
the pair can't be reactivated. Verizon cuts the copper when they
install FiOS. Comcast cuts ATT's copper when they install their bundle.
The intent is eventually to have fibre installed to the house.
ATT sent representatives into my neighborhood going door to door
to inform customers that they were removing copper pair, and
suggesting that all customers move to U-Verse. I told them to pound
sand. I was informed that my copper would remain intact for the time
being. But that it was to be phased out in the coming year and I
would have no choice but to install a ComCast or U-Verse bundle.
When I informed them I had a T-1 and was not interested in either
cable or their data service, I was told in no uncertain terms that I
don't get a choice in the matter when the time comes. And that
landline service would ONLY be available with a cable-internet bundle.