Path: csiph.com!weretis.net!feeder8.news.weretis.net!reader5.news.weretis.net!news.solani.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Richmond Newsgroups: uk.telecom,uk.telecom.voip Subject: Re: Interconnection with POTS Date: Mon, 16 Feb 2026 16:57:47 +0000 Organization: Frantic Message-ID: <82bjhowrqs.fsf@example.com> References: <82v7g2uk0q.fsf@example.com> <82ms1eugqr.fsf@example.com> <10ml102$1kgul$1@dont-email.me> <10mlvmo$1hfpc$4@dont-email.me> <10mo38f$2l38u$1@dont-email.me> <82cy28uyuy.fsf@example.com> <10mvi0f$11sl6$1@dont-email.me> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Injection-Info: solani.org; logging-data="331293"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@news.solani.org" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Cancel-Lock: sha1:dGGu3SkP7Sa4zxPnnX44saSC7Yk= sha1:7mlG5/fBHdg23Np1EWIWAb9RZQo= X-User-ID: eJwNy8cRACAMA7CVUhxzjEMK+48Ap7fCqawFBhH36yhBZR9lG7akCh2waLE55pCc8auK+dMfFFUQeA== Xref: csiph.com uk.telecom:38950 uk.telecom.voip:9173 Mark Carver writes: > On 13/02/2026 21:17, Richmond wrote: >> David Wade writes: >> >>>> specialise dinfrastructure to be maintained. Increasing numbers of >>>> people (me included) have ditched land lines, since mobile phones >>>> do the job better. Those who want to retain a service equivalent >>>> to POTS can use VoIP, which uses the same infrastructure as >>>> everything else that moves our data around. >>> >>> So true, why would any one want a phone that only works when plugged >>> in to a wall socket... >>> >> Because you can have a mobile phone aswell, but the landline is >> better, because mobile phones are crap. > > Yes, you're right, they've been a total and utter consumer failure, so > few people worldwide bother with one. What you've done there is distorted what I said into something else, and then responding to that. I can have an opinion about mobile phones which is different from yours. I base my opinion on my own experience of the quality of mobile phone calls.