16 Jan
2018
16 Jan
'18
1:02 p.m.
On 01/16/2018 12:31 PM, Fred Cisin via cctalk wrote:
The WHOLE experience?
howzbout BUSY signal, random drop of calls, noisy/static? on line, . . .
maybe even include human error, and randomly [rarely] dial wrong number
Or trying to call Los Gatos from Sunnyvale using an acoustic modem? (LG
was GTE, Sunnyvale was Ma Bell--connections were tenuous at best).
Although you can get a copper POTS connection in my neighborhood, it
terminates at a fiber-fed terminal. If you're going to get Internet
anyway, you might as well go to third-party VoIP.
I did, some time ago; I use one of the Obitalk boxes, so I can keep my
obsolescent telephones. No problem--*I'm* obsolescent myself.
Of course, when the power goes out during a winter storm, *everything*
goes out, even if you have emergency backup power for your home. Said
fiber-fed terminal has only about an hour of reserve power,
So a mobile phone, lousy coverage and all, is still a necessity.
--Chuck