[Boatanchors] Short Wave Broadcast Folks:

[D C _Mac_ Macdonald]

I give up!  What the hell are POTS, FIOS, XFINITY and all this jargon?
  
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* 73 - Mac, K2GKK/5 * 
* (Since 30 Nov 53) * 
* k2gkk hotmail com * 
* Oklahoma City, OK * 
* USAF & FAA (Ret.) * 
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> Date: Wed, 16 Apr 2014 14:34:51 -0400
> From: rbethman at comcast.net
> To: boatanchors at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: Re: [Boatanchors] Short Wave Broadcast Folks:
> 
> I'd say that I was bombarded for the last four years by constant 
> knocking on the door to get me to go ALL FIOS.
> 
> At the same time, XFINITY has been doing the same.
> 
> No one has bothered me since I let them put the phone on FIOS.
> 
> My internet is cable, and my TV is DirecTV satellite.
> 
> The overall costs are LESS than going all in on either FIOS *or* XFINITY.
> 
> My philosophy is simple.  I keep it cheap!
> 
> I bought ALL the DirecTV equipment in 2000.  They have upgraded my 
> receivers FREE!
> 
> Bob - N0DGN
> 
> 
> On 4/16/2014 2:21 PM, W4AWM at aol.com wrote:
> > You CAN fight the phone company if you don't want FIOS installed. It 
> > will eventually happen, but even though they have tried to force me 
> > off of copper, I stuck to my guns and still have it.  The only way it 
> > will happen at my QTH is when all the neighbors loose their copper, 
> > too.  Check with your County and State consumer rights groups to see 
> > what their rules state.  Remember, copper is regulated, FIOS is not, 
> > depending on your consumer rules.Once you have FIOS installed, you 
> > will be bombarded with sales folks tying to sell you Internet and TV.
> > My copper has stayed up at times when the neighbors have lost their 
> > FIOS and have actually knocked on my door asking to use my copper 
> > phone. FIOS folks will tell you anything to get you to sign up.  By 
> > the way, they usually bury the fiber line about 3 inches deep. If you 
> > have your lawn aerated, chances are that the fiver line will get 
> > chopped in one or more places. Even if you have MISS UTILITY mark the 
> > line, you will have a strip of grass that is sickly compared to the 
> > rest of your lawn where the grounds folks stay away from the marked 
> > line.  The FIOS folks will be happy to put your line in conduit or 
> > bury it the standard 18 inches for other utilities if you have the 
> > excavation done at your expense.
> > 73,
> > John, W4AWM
> > In a message dated 4/16/2014 2:10:08 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, 
> > rbethman at comcast.net writes:
> >
> >     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