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: Mon, 6 Jan 2025 14:35:17 +0100 Lines: 24 Message-ID: References: <2t8p4lxp97.ln2@Telcontar.valinor> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: individual.net EjzS4eJgXY9G9+oqooguuQTaKydP63jGwG1ZnTDmbbyNDcpA0H X-Orig-Path: Telcontar.valinor!not-for-mail Cancel-Lock: sha1:EcSl1vAoVCMpzumq04t1OdXi3Ag= sha256:J14jSr2sTmLpXBBfW7FNSclkkEl2dO/k26d771+gVYE= User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Content-Language: es-ES, en-CA In-Reply-To: Xref: csiph.com comp.mobile.android:146329 On 2025-01-06 09:23, Andy Burns wrote: > Chris wrote: > >> Carlos E.R. wrote: >>>> In Spain the change to VoIP is hidden. The telco pretends it is >>> still POTS, and charges for all the POTS services. >> >> That's unfortunate. Fortunately here in the UK, with a bit of >> planning, we >> can port our landline number away from our usual provider to another VOIP >> provider. Most people won't, however. >> >> My current broadband contract is up this year and the POTS will be >> discontinued so will have to get this done. > The spanish solution sounds rather like fibre to the cabinet, with voice > cards fitted to the cabinet? It is fibre to the sitting room, to the router, or to a little box before it called "ONT". Either the ONT or the router have copper pair out, thus it is VoIP to the router, POTS out of it. -- Cheers, Carlos.