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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: wrote in message .. . wrote: 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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