[Boatanchors] WAS Goodies NOW Bell

[Mark K3MSB]

Jim

You've seen nothing yet.   The IoT is right around the corner....... and
there's not a darn thing any of us are going to do about it.

73 Mark K3MSB

On Sun, Apr 12, 2015 at 8:28 AM, <Jbrannig at verizon.net> wrote:

> 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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