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| From | noel <deletethis@invalid.lan> |
|---|---|
| Subject | Re: State of the Phones |
| Newsgroups | aus.comms, aus.electronics |
| References | <6817f23b@news.ausics.net> <20250505095513.715fc86a@ryz.dorfdsl.de> <68187411@news.ausics.net> <20250505105832.33e5fe16@ryz.dorfdsl.de> |
| Message-ID | <6818a63c$1@news.ausics.net> (permalink) |
| Date | 2025-05-05 21:51 +1000 |
| Organization | Ausics - https://newsgroups.ausics.net |
Cross-posted to 2 groups.
On Mon, 05 May 2025 10:58:32 +0200, Marco Moock wrote: > On 05.05.2025 18:17 Uhr Computer Nerd Kev wrote: > >> In aus.electronics Marco Moock <mm@dorfdsl.de> wrote: >> > On 05.05.2025 09:03 Uhr Computer Nerd Kev wrote: >> >> Phones just don't work anymore in rural areas. >> >> >> >> My landline's been dead for over a week with some trouble at the >> >> exchange. >> > >> > Analog landline or any kind of xDSL? >> >> Still real analogue POTS out here beyond the towns/cities that the NBN >> covers. I did see a Telstra ute outside the exchange when I went to >> town today. I didn't have time to stop and ask what the story was and >> they were gone by the time I got back. My landline's still not working, >> it's still just making the hang up "boop, boop," >> noise when you pick it up, which is one of the exchange's familiar >> failure modes. >> >> >> But they're in no hurry to fix the landlines because everyone's >> >> supposed to be using mobile phones! >> > >> > Don't they complain because of non-working internet access? >> >> I doubt anyone's using dial-up over the landline, > > At least in the US and in Russia hundred thousands of people still seem > to use that. > Are you close enough to get DSL? The only dsl in Australia is VDSLx when the govt forced this NBN shit onto everyone, rural exchanges even had their ADSL2 turned off, they move them to LTE or satellite for broadband, which Kev has already said aint that crash hot and jams most ISP's helpdesks - that is why rural folks get to keep POTS (city dwellers and major population areas with access to VDSLx and Fibre, dont have POTS, they expect your internet to work in blackouts and use VoIP or mobile coverage) so they can make reliable calls - well, except when the exchange itself fails obvoiusly like this one. Mobile coverage is next to useless here, they put towers in the most stupidest low lying areas, I personally live 45 minutes from the CBD of Brisbane, and neither I or any my neighbours can use mobiles inside the house (until I upgraded my modem and enabled wifi calling a couple years back) nearly everyone has to go outside and be lucky enough to get 1 bar in the yards.
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State of the Phones not@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd Kev) - 2025-05-05 09:03 +1000
Re: State of the Phones Marco Moock <mm@dorfdsl.de> - 2025-05-05 09:55 +0200
Re: State of the Phones Computer Nerd Kev <not@telling.you.invalid> - 2025-05-05 18:17 +1000
Re: State of the Phones Marco Moock <mm@dorfdsl.de> - 2025-05-05 10:58 +0200
Re: State of the Phones noel <deletethis@invalid.lan> - 2025-05-05 21:51 +1000
Re: State of the Phones not@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd Kev) - 2025-05-06 08:49 +1000
Re: State of the Phones noel <deletethis@invalid.lan> - 2025-05-06 23:02 +1000
Re: State of the Phones noel <deletethis@invalid.lan> - 2025-05-05 22:05 +1000
Re: State of the Phones not@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd Kev) - 2025-05-06 08:18 +1000
Re: State of the Phones noel <deletethis@invalid.lan> - 2025-05-06 23:13 +1000
Re: State of the Phones not@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd Kev) - 2025-05-07 09:23 +1000
Re: State of the Phones "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2025-05-10 08:02 +1000
Re: State of the Phones Computer Nerd Kev <not@telling.you.invalid> - 2025-05-14 18:07 +1000
Re: State of the Phones noel <deletethis@invalid.lan> - 2025-05-25 13:25 +1000
Re: State of the Phones not@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd Kev) - 2025-05-27 08:32 +1000
Re: State of the Phones not@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd Kev) - 2025-06-06 09:07 +1000
Re: State of the Phones noel <deletethis@invalid.lan> - 2025-06-06 17:08 +1000
Re: State of the Phones not@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd Kev) - 2025-06-07 10:14 +1000
Re: State of the Phones "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2025-05-10 07:49 +1000
Re: State of the Phones not@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd Kev) - 2025-05-10 08:12 +1000
Re: State of the Phones "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2025-05-10 09:51 +1000
Re: State of the Phones noel <deletethis@invalid.lan> - 2025-05-10 23:51 +1000
Re: State of the Phones "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2025-05-11 00:27 +1000
Re: State of the Phones noel <deletethis@invalid.lan> - 2025-05-11 09:35 +1000
Re: State of the Phones "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2025-05-11 10:17 +1000
Re: State of the Phones noel <deletethis@invalid.lan> - 2025-05-25 13:21 +1000
Re: State of the Phones Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2025-05-05 09:11 +0000
Re: State of the Phones not@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd Kev) - 2025-05-06 08:39 +1000
Re: State of the Phones not@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd Kev) - 2025-05-06 10:03 +1000
Re: State of the Phones "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2025-05-10 07:56 +1000
Re: State of the Phones Ozix <ozix@xizo.am> - 2025-05-08 18:12 +0800
Re: State of the Phones nb <deletethis@invalid.lan> - 2025-05-09 08:15 +1000
Re: State of the Phones Ozix <ozix@xizo.am> - 2025-05-09 19:07 +0800
Re: State of the Phones "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2025-05-10 07:45 +1000
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