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You must live in a very remote area to still support that. Not to mention to still have a landline, no one I know in my area will even give out a POTS line, you
by vxNsr 3y ago
You must live in a very remote area to still support that. Not to mention to still have a landline, no one I know in my area will even give out a POTS line, you can only get VOIP and most households don’t have that anymore either, aside from the outrageous cost all the providers charge for a single line, there’s so many taxes and fees you end up paying close to 100% more. (E.g $40/m for the line ends up being $80).
Most families that have young kids who are old enough to place calls but not have a cellphone appear to just some form of internet VOIP like ooma.
- ghaff 3y agoEven living someplace that has fairly poor cell reception if WiFi assist isn't working for some reason, it's really hard to justify a landline as "backup" for the rare occasions I wished I had it. I got rid of it a few years ago and, while there has been a day or two I wish I had it, hard to make the case. (And, yeah, if you're going to be VOIP anyway, if your internet and/or power is hosed you're probably not in a better place anyway.)
- vel0city 3y agoWouldn't it be nice if your cellular provider had a SIP gateway for your number as well, and if it rang your phone it would also route to your SIP device? Like, it's already routing calls through the WiFi. Is it really that much harder for them to allow two devices to register for the number and connect the first to answer?
- lxgr 3y agoMy German mobile phone provider supports that! It's really handy when traveling internationally; I usually receive my calls over SIP without incurring any roaming charges (due to using a local SIM). In the US, Google Voice allows a conceptually similar thing (but you need to give everybody your Google Voice number or port your "real" number there; then you can forward calls to both a mobile and a SIP number, with both ringing for incoming calls).
- seabass-labrax 3y agoParent might be British - POTS is still widely available here, although not terribly popular. It's about as expensive to get a POTS line as three unlimited-calls 4G SIM cards, unless you combine calls with your broadband and can save money on the line rental.
- zabzonk 3y agoi use voip - it is cheap, sky, uk.
- seabass-labrax 3y agoThere is very little reason not to use VOIP - a friend of mine, a former telephone engineer and entrepreneur, even has his calls set up to be automatically routed to his mobile phone when he is out.
- kalleboo 3y agoIsn't POTS being shut down in the UK in 2 years from now? https://www.ebcgroup.co.uk/news-insights/all-of-your-questions-answered-uks-pstn-switch-off-in-2025 https://www.ebcgroup.co.uk/news-insights/all-of-your-questio...
- seabass-labrax 3y agoYikes, thanks for the warning. It's a great idea on a technical basis, but I really hope they don't make this an excuse to get rid of the last telephone boxes (which after this change should be free for local calls anyway, considering how cheap VoIP is).
- zabzonk 3y agonope, i live in lincoln the major city in lincolnshire