Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: Frank Slootweg Newsgroups: comp.mobile.android Subject: Re: texst to a landline Date: 5 Jan 2025 11:00:48 GMT Organization: NOYB Lines: 24 Message-ID: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net 8Kk97KVxQlnchi+CjjGPnwlTFhEDZs10Cca+/uGbB6lxYHIHKw X-Orig-Path: not-for-mail Cancel-Lock: sha1:gjVlzd8AbGtFjqJexbzBkdn4Oxw= sha256:0vUOv1U+sHBp5qbN/QPkK+vHw1WsjVaaOReUUb93fys= User-Agent: tin/1.6.2-20030910 ("Pabbay") (UNIX) (CYGWIN_NT-10.0-WOW/2.8.0(0.309/5/3) (i686)) Hamster/2.0.2.2 Xref: csiph.com comp.mobile.android:146245 Carlos E.R. wrote: > On 2025-01-04 20:41, Frank Slootweg wrote: [...] > > And even if it's IP telephony, the user end, i.e. the 'last mile' can > > still be POTS, i.e. local copper wire and *analog* telephones. For > > example my neighbour (in The Netherlands) still has that and she doesn't > > want to change and she doesn't have to change. > > Depends on the country. Here, those people that did not want to change, > have been forced to change, or service would be simply stopped. On > Telefónica, which I think it is still the major provider, it is fibre or > radio for the landline. Copper, no way. As I mentioned in another response, in Australia my relatives were indeed forced to a fibre NBN (broadband) setup with battery backup just for their landline. AFAIK, we're not yet at this stage in The Netherlands. Anyway, as I said, only the last part is copper and theoretically it could stay that way. I.e. like my HFC (Hybrid Fiber Coaxial) Internet/TV connection: Nearly all of it is fiber, but the last part is coaxial cable. [...]