Path: csiph.com!news.swapon.de!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: Sun, 5 Jan 2025 03:54:58 +0100 Lines: 26 Message-ID: <2t8p4lxp97.ln2@Telcontar.valinor> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: individual.net 3w0PZ9/FFDTTmYhofhFHAABHPjPT6mk2edxAD1oQmqr4tSoNvK X-Orig-Path: Telcontar.valinor!not-for-mail Cancel-Lock: sha1:AxwMtZvrzLtfGNTWVwXNEQnW4uo= sha256:qvi6AP4baA4+AhJPnZI3delwmn/DGZtco3XCpHsCW/Y= User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Content-Language: es-ES, en-CA In-Reply-To: Xref: csiph.com comp.mobile.android:146236 On 2025-01-05 01:14, Chris wrote: > Chris Green wrote: >> Chris wrote: >>> >>> In the UK receiving txt messages via landline is (was? I've not had one for >>> ages) commonplace: texts are delivered as an automated voice message. >>> >> Yes, still true, it depends on the way the SMS gets sent to you >> though. We have DECT phones on a landline which isn't yet VOIP. >> The DECT handsets can receive and display SMS but, as I said, >> depending on the sender and intermediate systems, we sometimes get an >> actual text and other times a computer generated voice reading the >> message. > > Thanks for confirming. I suspect with the move to VOIP receiving texts will > be transparent in what used to be landlines. Depends. In Spain the change to VoIP is hidden. The telco pretends it is still POTS, and charges for all the POTS services. For example, callid has a price per month. The price structure is that of POTS. And they keep a secret how to configure a true VoIP phone (connected with ethernet or wifi, not copper pair), and do not offer the new services that VoIP allow. -- Cheers, Carlos.