Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: "Carlos E.R." Newsgroups: comp.mobile.android Subject: Re: texst to a landline Date: Sat, 4 Jan 2025 15:06:26 +0100 Lines: 24 Message-ID: <2srn4lxduj.ln2@Telcontar.valinor> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net wVoTrYvqVep6Mj2X31u6AgW6yrFoQyba0R/KU1P0allUQDoruM X-Orig-Path: Telcontar.valinor!not-for-mail Cancel-Lock: sha1:IY+IMpWAi22FcdDt5CVwtpV6Vag= sha256:JlWynNt78rv+oL3tntRyokZcl1/n4xdMLnkXH70xcCY= User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Content-Language: es-ES, en-CA In-Reply-To: Xref: csiph.com comp.mobile.android:146191 On 2025-01-04 13:55, Andy Burns wrote: > Jörg Lorenz wrote: > >> Andy Burns wrote: >> >>> Aren't DECT phone common over there?  Many of them have SMS capability >>> when on a PSTN/POTS line. >> >> In Europe IP-Telephone Services are standard. POTS/PSTN does not exist >> anymore. This dates back to 2017 in the case of Switzerland. > I think you are overstating the facts, I'm sure most European countries > are in the process of migrating to VoIP, as far as I can tell only > Germany, the Netherlands and Sweden claim to have completed this, and > even then, does "completed" mean absolutely 100%, I doubt it ... In Spain Telefónica claims to have done it. Users that have not been switched to fibre have radio now. I don't know about other companies, but for example the old ONO, currently Vodafone, installed fibre to the block, coaxial to the home, then copper pair to the room. I don't know what exact technology. -- Cheers, Carlos.