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This is a problem I'd love to have. It makes me sad that the FCC may put the brakes on fiber rollout because a few people are upset that their phones won't wor

This is a problem I'd love to have. It makes me sad that the FCC may put the brakes on fiber rollout because a few people are upset that their phones won't work during long blackouts. It must be a small population; I can't even name a single person under 50 that has a landline. At some point telcos stopped supporting the telegraph too.

ams6110 12y ago
I'm closing in on 50 and I dropped my landline years ago. I had a VOIP service at home for a while because cellular signals is very poor at my house, but dropped that when I switched to Republic Wireless. Now my phone uses WiFi at home and Sprint's network when I'm mobile. Yes, I'm now subject to failures of my home internet service (Comcast), my cable modem, and my wireless router, and if I lose power it all goes offline. But so far it hasn't been enough of a problem that I want to go back to the expense of a separate POTS service.
- chimeracoder 12y ago
  Note that what you think of as a landline and what is counted (for regulation purposes) as a landline are two entirely different things. It's entire possible that you didnt have a regulated landline service, even though it appeared to be one. Verizon cares only about ensuring that their phone service doesn't fall under the regulations of phone service
doctorshady 12y ago
As someone in their twenties with a landline, I have to ask if you went around to every person you conceivably could and asked if they had a home phone. Utilities aren't exactly a source of frequent conversation. That being said though, regardless of your preference, the point of the article is that there's advantages to copper that nobody is trying to replicate with fiber-based last mile delivery; all people are asking for is that there be no significant drawbacks for them if they're to be given something seen as an upgrade. Think of it this way - what would you say if the gigabit fiber offerings we're seeing only gave 750 kbps of upload bandwidth?
javert 12y ago
I'm 27. I'd like to have a landline, but the telcos are so abusive that I do everything to minimize interaction with them.
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ams6110 12y ago

I'm closing in on 50 and I dropped my landline years ago. I had a VOIP service at home for a while because cellular signals is very poor at my house, but dropped that when I switched to Republic Wireless. Now my phone uses WiFi at home and Sprint's network when I'm mobile. Yes, I'm now subject to failures of my home internet service (Comcast), my cable modem, and my wireless router, and if I lose power it all goes offline. But so far it hasn't been enough of a problem that I want to go back to the expense of a separate POTS service.

chimeracoder 12y ago
Note that what you think of as a landline and what is counted (for regulation purposes) as a landline are two entirely different things. It's entire possible that you didnt have a regulated landline service, even though it appeared to be one. Verizon cares only about ensuring that their phone service doesn't fall under the regulations of phone service

doctorshady 12y ago

As someone in their twenties with a landline, I have to ask if you went around to every person you conceivably could and asked if they had a home phone. Utilities aren't exactly a source of frequent conversation. That being said though, regardless of your preference, the point of the article is that there's advantages to copper that nobody is trying to replicate with fiber-based last mile delivery; all people are asking for is that there be no significant drawbacks for them if they're to be given something seen as an upgrade. Think of it this way - what would you say if the gigabit fiber offerings we're seeing only gave 750 kbps of upload bandwidth?

javert 12y ago

I'm 27. I'd like to have a landline, but the telcos are so abusive that I do everything to minimize interaction with them.

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