[Boatanchors] WAS Goodies NOW Bell

[Jbrannig at verizon.net]

Sandy:
On Long Island we lost power for two weeks.

I'm on a fiber optic network, FIOS, and the back up batteries lasted about 
two days.
A moot point since the telephones require 110VAC to function.

Cell phone service was pretty reliable but overloaded at times.


We live in a tumultuous time.  The revolution in electronics and information 
technology far surpasses the upset of the Industrial Revolution or
the inventions of the early 20th century.

Rotary dial, relay switched POTS service is NOT coming back......

Neither are spark transmitters or galena receivers...

Jim


Actually during and after hurricane Sandy, my cell phone was my only
contact with the outside world. Two of my neighbors up the street had
land line service and they lost all service because the central office
supporting them was sitting in 5 feet of water. Falling trees and
branches also took down many electrical and telephone lines. With
deteriorating copper lines, equipment, and infrastructure, and even
support, land line phones in many areas are becoming a thing of the past.
The Bell System, as we knew it, is gone forever.

Pete, wa2cwa

On Sat, 11 Apr 2015 18:08:16 -0500 Rob Atkinson <ranchorobbo at gmail.com>
writes:
> On Sat, Apr 11, 2015 at 5:44 PM, Glen Zook via Boatanchors
> <boatanchors at mailman.qth.net> wrote:
> > they are just wasting money by keeping their land line and not
> going to VOIP because the services are provided over exactly the
> same system! Glen, >K9STH
>
> You can go on about that all you want but I am keeping my land line
> as
> long as I can.  It is much more reliable than the crappy battery
> back
> up junk.  Ask anyone who went through Sandy about that.  On a 911
> call
> they can find me.  I can call my home when I am away.  I can't call
> my
> cell phone and get my home.  I can use my WeCo model 302 and the
> audio
> quality of land lines is vastly better.
>
> I would be delighted to have the old AT&T Bell System back.
>
> Rob
> K5UJ

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