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Subject: Re: Interconnection with POTS
Date: Fri, 13 Feb 2026 21:17:57 +0000
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David Wade <g4ugm@dave.invalid> 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.