[Boatanchors] WAS Goodies NOW Bell

[Rob Atkinson]

On Sun, Apr 12, 2015 at 7:28 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.
>

Exactly.   But POTS is on its own 40 v. system with huge banks of
storage cells in central offices.  It stays up.


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

Except where it has NEVER left, in Illinois for example.  And I know
people who signed up for Uverse, then when they were unhappy and asked
for their old land line service back, were DENIED.  That's something
AT&T doesn't want  you to know--if you take Uverse you CAN'T go back.

That's why all the junk mail here from AT&T goes directly to the round file.

73

Rob
K5UJ