> some efficiency, simplicity in not going out and getting a PTSN line. Yup - it was much cheaper, my previous phone connection was from a cable company, and I

> some efficiency, simplicity in not going out and getting a PTSN line. Yup - it was much cheaper, my previous phone connection was from a cable company, and I already had internet. And as it turns out, VOIP seems to be more reliable than PSTN. And my (boutique) ISP specializes in VOIP. I wouldn't have even bothered with VOIP, and just relied on mobile telephony; but I don't trust mobile providers, and I wanted a landline-style local phone-number.