[Boatanchors] Short Wave Broadcast Folks:

[J. Forster]

It's a big country. In many areas a phone is the lifeline.

The phone suits don't seem to understand that not everybody lives in a
condo in Manhattan. Furthermore, from Verizon's own coverage maps, there
are vast areas w/ no cell service.

And their penny-pinching can easily kill people.

YMMV,

-John
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>
> MAN, next thing you know they will cease production of buggy whips and put
> in those darn electric lights.....
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: J. Forster
> Sent: Wednesday, April 16, 2014 1:24 PM
> To: rbethman
> Cc: boatanchors at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: Re: [Boatanchors] Short Wave Broadcast Folks:
>
> If they are really only good for 8 hours, sooner, rather than later, there
> are going to be incidents of some senior freezing to death in a power
> outage, being unable to call for help.
>
> I hope the phone companies get hit for zillions. Deservedly so, IMO.
>
> YMMV,
>
> -John
>
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>
>
>
>> It's fine with me!
>>
>> I have one of those Jump Start packs.
>>
>> The battery they have is an 8 AH.  My jump start pack has a pair of 18AH
>> cells.
>>
>> I can keep it alive for a fair bit.
>>
>> I've got other packs also.  The installer also left me an extra battery.
>>
>> Bob - N0DGN
>>
>> On 4/16/2014 12:41 PM, J. Forster wrote:
>>> Boy, that's useful! NOT !!
>>>
>>> The last big storm we had took out the power for 5-6 days. And w/ 2
>>> feet
>>> of snow on the ground, one cannot exactly walk very far for help.
>>>
>>> I hope someone really sues them, big time.
>>>
>>> -John
>>>
>>> ===============
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>> I just went through having been taken off POTS.
>>>>
>>>> It isn't correct to say that if the power goes out that you lose
>>>> signal!
>>>>
>>>> When the fiber optic was installed, it also comes with a float charger
>>>> and a battery that will last for about 8 hours.
>>>>
>>>> Bob - N0DGN
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 4/16/2014 12:22 PM, Rob Atkinson wrote:
>>>>> They ARE getting rid of them. AT&T has made no secret of their long
>>>>> term goal to eliminate POTS. They want everyone on Uverse or whatever
>>>>> the internet phone system is, and they are pursuing that goal state
>>>>> by
>>>>> state with lobbying to change laws. It is only a matter of time
>>>>> before
>>>>> you will get a letter offering options and POTS won't be one of them.
>>>>> You may have a few years but eventually anyone still on the copper
>>>>> line will be forced to give it up. They say it is cost and economics
>>>>> but what they don't say is that the regulations governing the
>>>>> provision of phone service are MUCH stricter and favorable to
>>>>> consumers with POTS. And of course they don't say that when your
>>>>> power
>>>>> goes off, the good old twisted pair still works, if you have an old
>>>>> style phone, whereas that gee whiz new digital internet phone will
>>>>> not. 73 Rob K5UJ
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