Subj : Re: Real Modem on VOIP?
To   : Sean Dennis
From : Kurt Weiske
Date : Tue Sep 08 2026 07:05 am

-=> Sean Dennis wrote to ray <=-

 SD> You can still get copper lines, usually through a CLEC.  Many
 SD> businesses and goverment users have to use copper lines; it's the
 SD> regular customersa that get the shaft.

I was a corporate phone guy for years; I always love peeking in when I
see a telco tech working on a B-Box, those locking line distribution
cabinets you see scattered around neighborhoods.

I saw one in my neighborhood open recently with a cherry picker parked
nearby. Slowed down to look in the cabinet, and it was all fiber. I
didn't see a single pair of cross-connect wire.

I'm looking to get internet for my cabin up in the mountains. It's near
Lake Tahoe, the switching office is about 3 miles away. They used to
offer DSL with dial tone, but now they eliminated the dial tone, changed
the name and raised the price. Gotta love AT&T!



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