September 28th 09, 01:31 PM
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(OT) No more land line phone lines in America.
D. Peter Maus wrote:
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.
U Verse is twisted pair from a box in your neighborhood. Fiber to the Node.
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