Subj : Re: Real Modem on VOIP?
To   : Sean Dennis
From : Alexander Grotewohl
Date : Tue Sep 08 2026 07:16 pm

On 07 Sep 2026, Sean Dennis said the following...
 
 SD> 07 Sep 26 21:34, you wrote to me:
 SD> 
 SD>  BH> On my older Vonage box, I can maintain a 9600 baud connection pretty
 SD>  BH> well.  Not having a much luck on a Grandstream HT802 I'm working on
 SD>  BH> right now... trying to tweak the settings to see if I can improve it
 SD>  BH> any ;)
 SD> 
 SD> I can't get a copper POTS line here unless I go through a CLEC.  Once I
 SD> start  working and can afford it, I'm dusting off one of my USR
 SD> v.everything external  Couriers (the big black modems) and putting a
 SD> dialup line.  My BBS also  supports PPP connections so that would be fun
 SD> to try if there's interest.   Back when I disd have a dialup line, I
 SD> actually had a lot of callers using  that line.
 SD> 
 SD> I have several downlinks who want to use POTS with my stsyem,
 SD> interestingly  enough.

the problem is.. you might be old school copper between you and your local 
grocery store, gas station, or friend down the street, but the second you call 
somewhere slightly further you're 'transparently' dumped onto VOIP anyways.

https://rcntechnologies.com/pots-shutdown-tracker/

lists places where they're ripping it out, or have already. AT&T apparently 
intends to remove almost 100% of their footprint by the end of 2029.

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