Subj : Weekly nodelist report on noteworthy changes (238)
To   : Marc Lewis
From : Michiel van der Vlist
Date : Fri Aug 26 2022 22:25:40

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Hello Marc,

On Friday August 26 2022 14:34, you wrote to me:

 MvdV>> Indeed why not, but for how long? If the infrastructure no
 MvdV>> longer supports ISDN or analog POTS than it will be Fido over
 MvdV>> IP or nothing for those points running legacy hardware.

 ML> Don't forget, that *some* of us still support dial-up into the system,
 ML> albeit now most (like mine) are via a VOIP to dial-tone adapter like
 ML> my MagicJack. Provides an at least acceptable 14.4 to a rare 28.8
 ML> connect over my USRobotics Courier.

How many POTS (over IP) calls do you get? I supported POTS over VOIP for a couple of years next to Fido over IP. But nobody called. So when I did not have any calls for five years, and I dropped Irex in favour of binkd, I used the opportuniy to ditch POTS. Nobody complained. That was a decade ago.

 ML> I had a full-blown copper pair into the apartment until a few years
 ML> back when the phone company raised their price to an exorbitant
 ML> $55+/month plus taxes. Nonsense; not worth it for 1 or 2 connects per
 ML> day. Now with the VOIP system it's like $35/year. I can live with
 ML> that!

OK.

Cheers, Michiel

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