dslwanter
Why would I want DSL? I have FTTH
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join:2002-12-16
Lowellville, OH
 ·Armstrong Zoom In..
 ·AT&T Midwest
| Well good.
When you need 911 and they need to pinpoint your info, then we'll see what you think. Internet connection go down? So will you're VOIP and don't even get me started on cell phones.
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chris
focus
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join:2000-08-13
Middletown, CT | What about phone service from the cable companies? I have to believe that is pretty reliable (although I could be wrong). You could port your number - goodbye landline... |
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dslwanter
Why would I want DSL? I have FTTH
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join:2002-12-16
Lowellville, OH
·Armstrong Zoom In..
·AT&T Midwest
| said by chris  :What about phone service from the cable companies? I have to believe that is pretty reliable (although I could be wrong). You could port your number - goodbye landline... errrmmm thats VOIP. Nothing can be a replacement for the landline, nothing. Remember, your landline doesn't rely on electricity or signal strength.
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dadkins
Can you do Blu?
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join:2003-09-26
Hercules, CA
·Comcast
1 edit | Uhh, I have Comcast Digital Phone Service, it is NOT VoIP!
I've had it for 10? 12? years now...
»www.comcast.com/Support/Corp411/···9_0.html
*NOT* VoIP.
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DaSneaky1D
one wall to block them all
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join:2001-03-29
The Lou
1 edit | reply to dslwanter
"errrmmm", that's not VoIP. It's actually runs over a different signal path than HSI service. Kinda like getting phone/DSL service over a RT.
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entropy1
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join:2002-09-25 | reply to dadkins
Haha! That's awesome.  |
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the dozer
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join:2004-04-12
Douglasville, GA
| reply to chris
What about phone service from the cable companies? I have to believe that is pretty reliable (although I could be wrong). You could port your number - goodbye landline...
...hardly.....cable goes down more likely everyhing else will also. nothing is more reliable than phone....my phone even worked when the power was out.... |
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John Galt
Forward, March
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join:2004-09-30
Happy Camp
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| reply to dslwanter
said by dslwanter :Remember, your landline doesn't rely on electricity... What you actually mean is that it does not rely on utility power...the landline phone uses electricity from batteries located at the Central Office (CO).
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Ga Dawg
join:2003-09-11
Marietta, GA | reply to dslwanter
How did we ever live without 911? |
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Automobili
@verizon.net
| reply to dslwanter
To say "nothing" can replace the landline is a little silly. No one knows what will be out there years from now.
And from a practical standpoint today, the more people who ditch their phone companies the better. Finally give them some competition and make them respond to the consumer. Those are the same bastards who had people renting their phones, remember. |
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dslwanter
Why would I want DSL? I have FTTH
Premium
join:2002-12-16
Lowellville, OH
·Armstrong Zoom In..
·AT&T Midwest
| When it comes down to it, your landline will be the best and you all know it. Plain and simple, oh and by the way, most CO's have generators.
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ylen131
join:2000-02-09
Canoga Park, CA | reply to dslwanter
one of my cops neighbor is always home,he can call cops for me using his radio is i need help so not worry |
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djrobx
join:2000-05-31
Valencia, CA
 ·PHONE POWER
 ·AT&T U-Verse
·AT&T CallVantage
·Time Warner VOIP
·RoadRunner Cable
| reply to dslwanter
quote:
Remember, your landline doesn't rely on electricity or signal strength.
Of course your landline relies on power. If the CO and any points in between your home and the CO (for example, a DLC or RT) don't have power, you don't get phone service. If the signal strength is too weak either you won't be able to hear, or you won't be heard.
The cable systems that offer digital phone may be powered by DC voltage on the cable line, much like your phone is powered from voltage on the phone line. Or the box will have a battery backup of its own. The cable company can run their stuff from a battery back up, just as the telco can.
Now, I won't argue that the telco's systems are more reliable. Two way cable systems are all relatively new and recently deployed systems. There's still bugs to work out and they're still refining the art of detecting and pro-actively repairing problems in these systems. There's a lot more stuff that can fail between the cable plant and a customer's home, vs. the plain old telephone system. I would still feel a lot more comfortable with Comcast's "digital telephone services", vs. a VOIP system.
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Automobili
@verizon.net
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| reply to Ga Dawg
How'd we ever live without 911? Oh, you remember those awful, terrible days when we all had to memorize (!) the emergency numbers or, gasp, place stickers near the phone or magnets on the fridge. The hardship! The trauma! |
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John Galt
Forward, March
Premium
join:2004-09-30
Happy Camp
·CenturyLink
| reply to Ga Dawg
said by Ga Dawg :How did we ever live without 911? You didn't...!
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dadkins
Can you do Blu?
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join:2003-09-26
Hercules, CA
·Comcast
| reply to dslwanter
My CDP service blows anything SBC offers out of the water!
*NO*(as in Nada, Zero, Ziltch) phone service from a telco here. All coax! 
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the dozer
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join:2004-04-12
Douglasville, GA |  reply to dslwanter
your partially correct...dslwanter.....landline does require electricity.....generally rt's and co have backup...in some instances batteries don't always work.... or for that long! |
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djrobx
join:2000-05-31
Valencia, CA | reply to ylen131
What if your cop friend is on duty when something bad happens?
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ylen131
join:2000-02-09
Canoga Park, CA
| said by djrobx :What if your cop friend is on duty when something bad happens? one works night one works day. |
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dadkins
Can you do Blu?
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join:2003-09-26
Hercules, CA
·Comcast
| reply to the dozer
Actually, Cable TV can go out completely, and my CDP will keep right on working... even if the power goes out.
People need to do some reasearch on Comcast Digital Phone service before posting. My phone service from Comcast has *NEVER* been down.
TV has been out before, HSI has never been down in the two years I've had it though. The CDP is bulletproof... for me at least.
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