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DainBramaged

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62. No kinda harsh is a lot worse. I get tired of people thinking their solution

Reply to Dyedinthewoolliberal (Reply #56)

Tue Jan 8, 2013, 07:10 PM

Jan 2013

works for everyone.

And I'm not a bra, bro, or bras

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“The telephone network is obsolete”: Get ready for the all-IP telco (AY&T wants to screw YOU) [View all] DainBramaged Jan 2013 OP

This is a must read. jsr Jan 2013 #1

More eggs in one basket. More fragile system overall. Speck Tater Jan 2013 #2

During the two weeks we were without power from Sandy DainBramaged Jan 2013 #3

I have a copper line undergroundpanther Jan 2013 #5

How long was your power out? Kooljas Jan 2013 #19

14 days DainBramaged Jan 2013 #21

During Sandy, FIOS was down by Verizon wireless stayed up FarCenter Jan 2013 #26

FIOS should also Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jan 2013 #52

FiOS stayed up for 8 hours on the battery, but we were without power for over a week. FarCenter Jan 2013 #55

If the Analog TV channels weren't done away with.. undergroundpanther Jan 2013 #4

+1 ! KoKo Jan 2013 #11

I pay 30 cents a gallon for drinking water demwing Jan 2013 #29

OTA digital tv is great! Politicub Jan 2013 #41

That's what we do too. We get about 27 OTA digital channels here. Then, we RKP5637 Jan 2013 #59

Yes. DISH dropped our local ABC affiliate two days before a significant winter storm Skidmore Jan 2013 #45

Down thread JustAnotherGen Jan 2013 #6

fuck those pricks. i knew they'd pull this. how we're herded into their approved corrals. HiPointDem Jan 2013 #7

It's already all IP on the back end RomneyLies Jan 2013 #8

Luddite thinking. DainBramaged Jan 2013 #9

I can't speak to the rest, but the system IS already all IP on the back end. That much I know. nt stevenleser Jan 2013 #15

Can you link to what they say? muriel_volestrangler Jan 2013 #22

This is about eliminating THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS of jobs DainBramaged Jan 2013 #48

I am well, thank you muriel_volestrangler Jan 2013 #61

I have a feeling the website is a little behind the news.... DainBramaged Jan 2013 #64

As one who just retired from the business copper will be around for a long time. Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jan 2013 #53

Fiber, cable and wire to the permises is too expensive; will be fiber to the neighborhood + wireless FarCenter Jan 2013 #84

You know, the people who wrote this should have bothered to find out what all IP is actually like jeff47 Jan 2013 #10

Could you explain... KoKo Jan 2013 #12

Sure jeff47 Jan 2013 #23

Thanks jeff47. KoKo Jan 2013 #35

Cellphone isn't much use if storm knocks down cell towers Autumn Colors Jan 2013 #39

There really isn't perfect "emergency" communication jeff47 Jan 2013 #43

I am in Fl Mojorabbit Jan 2013 #85

Actually, the problem you're describing is when the tower is overwhelmed with demand jeff47 Jan 2013 #86

Yep, similar set up here. I used the router and a VOIP OBI110 on a large APC UPS. Then I use RKP5637 Jan 2013 #60

Edited to say, "what he said, above" DisgustipatedinCA Jan 2013 #25

I recently switched my phone over to ooma hogwyld Jan 2013 #16

You didn't bother to read any of my comments did you? DainBramaged Jan 2013 #20

In your scenario, jeff47 Jan 2013 #24

Wow. TY for this information. I feel like I should have known this think Jan 2013 #30

When the phone lines are dead who ya gonna call DainBramaged Jan 2013 #32

Sorry. I was just referring to what exists currently and in no way think Jan 2013 #33

I was just being silly.... DainBramaged Jan 2013 #42

FYI DainBramaged Jan 2013 #31

And if they had plugged their phone into a POTS line, they still could have called 911. jeff47 Jan 2013 #44

(SIGH) Guess what where I live THERE ARE NO FUCKING JACKS IN THE WALLS DainBramaged Jan 2013 #46

wow bra, kinda harsh eh? Dyedinthewoolliberal Jan 2013 #56

No kinda harsh is a lot worse. I get tired of people thinking their solution DainBramaged Jan 2013 #62

Is it possible the statement was merely general in fashion Dyedinthewoolliberal Jan 2013 #87

So whine at your builder, not your phone provider jeff47 Jan 2013 #57

Oh Jesus Christ if you had READ MY POSTS I LIVE IN AN APARTMENT, 50 years old DainBramaged Jan 2013 #63

Because 100-year-old technology would not be included in 50 year old buildings. jeff47 Jan 2013 #79

If you can afford a hard line hogwyld Jan 2013 #34

Do you really think the elderly can remember to keep a phone charged and then DainBramaged Jan 2013 #40

VoIP and SS7 Engineer here, ask my anything, this article was written by a fucking idiot snooper2 Jan 2013 #13

U.S. Internet Users Pay More for Slower Service KoKo Jan 2013 #14

This thread was about carriers switching to VoIP, but that is a good read as well.. snooper2 Jan 2013 #18

Steppers forever! IDemo Jan 2013 #36

LOL, everyone gets channel banks and key systems... snooper2 Jan 2013 #38

That's got to be a museum piece Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jan 2013 #54

Hehehe I started with the old 1010's and DMS100's Drew Richards Jan 2013 #50

When we got a letter from our telco stating... Sen. Walter Sobchak Jan 2013 #82

DB...some personal experience with "Bundling of Service" ATT/UVERSE ,COMCAST, Time-Warner KoKo Jan 2013 #17

my husband worked in the telcom business liberal_at_heart Jan 2013 #27

The problem that the phone companies face Not Me Jan 2013 #28

During Sandy RobinA Jan 2013 #37

Some people aren't terrified of new technologies. nt Comrade_McKenzie Jan 2013 #47

But many people HATE Unions and will use any excuse to bust them down DainBramaged Jan 2013 #49

Some in the population definitely have problems with it...Should they be Abandoned? KoKo Jan 2013 #75

A lot of that is already here. Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jan 2013 #51

I don't, and MILLIONS don't. At home. DainBramaged Jan 2013 #66

Corporate scheming? Paranoid much? Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jan 2013 #80

Err...many of us already have IP telephones from AT&T. Mine was installed by a union installer Xithras Jan 2013 #58

No UVerse in NJ, AT&T pulled out of the market, Verizon is shrinking FIOS instead of expanding DainBramaged Jan 2013 #65

I see a lot of the same thing you do, everyone assumes what works for them is universally applicable Fumesucker Jan 2013 #70

You seem to be equating "not everywhere yet" with "not everywhere ever" Xithras Jan 2013 #73

This is essentially correct, but take it further. Telephony, television, advertising, Egalitarian Thug Jan 2013 #67

Fuck it, you win. DainBramaged Jan 2013 #68

Privacy Trillo Jan 2013 #69

if voip is so wonderful then why are they against code for lines that can not go down dembotoz Jan 2013 #71

I have a Sat Dish for TV, Another Dish for Internet so now I will get a Sat Phone for the house stultusporcos Jan 2013 #72

You really think that will work? How so? KoKo Jan 2013 #74

Because it works now stultusporcos Jan 2013 #76

Folks I know with DISH...have power outages with Rain and Storms, though. KoKo Jan 2013 #78

I have a rectifier, power conditioner and ups in my house attached to the main power stultusporcos Jan 2013 #81

We have a co-op here. I love it. We get money back every year. I also get our computer hookup southernyankeebelle Jan 2013 #77

No news there: AT&T (the rebranded Baby Bell SWB) has been trying to screw us for years REP Jan 2013 #83