Subj : PDF Issue
To   : Ed Vance
From : Barry Martin
Date : Fri Nov 08 2024 07:09:00


Hi Ed!

 > What?! An honest technician?!!!!  In my DSL days I had been lied to by
 > too many.  Sure, there was a faulty line to one of the rooms (oddly
 > enough a pre-made cable) which one tech did find.  The remainder of the
 > problems were outside of the house.  My main issue with DSL line noise
 > (inaudible to humans but the copmuters can sure hear it!) was due to a
 > bad port on one of their computers in the Central Office down the hill
 > from the house.
 EV> Before I had DSL problems I had heard AT&T was trying to phase
 EV> out DSL
 EV> service.I'd am still sort of a AT&T customer , the Company I have
 EV> Cellphone
 EV> Servicefrom is owned by AT&T. Found that out when doing a what is
 EV> my IP type
 EV> of checkafter getting the phone.

From what I have read the various 'landline' companies are trying to get
out of the business as not all that profitable.  To do that they sort of
give lousy service: the phone service itself and physical support.  
Another problem is mechical: a lot of their hardware is outside, subject
to Mother Nature's stresses, and so stuff breaks.  

What's 'funny' -- and I don't know how accurate it is now -- but some 
consumer and probably business hardware requires a landline.  Used to be
some alarms (burgular, fire, that type) required a landline to work.  

We stuck with the copper landline for years after 'could have changed' 
because of the telephone number: we both had older parents and other
relatives who weren't quite capable of recalling a new number in the
event of an emergency.  The problem wasn't so much the landline number 
could be assigned to one of our cell phones but more it could only be
assigned to one.

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                      ¯  BarryMartin3@MyMetronet.NET  ®
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.... Stupid; politically correct:  His telephone is off the hook
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