Landlines

[Jazzy]

Article-->Phone companies want to eliminate traditional landlines.

Do you still have a landline in your home?

 

[Forgiven1]

No. For a while we had a VOIP phone in our house.

 

[Josiah]

Never had one.

 

[MoreCoffee]

Article-->Phone companies want to eliminate traditional landlines.

Do you still have a landline in your home?

I wish I did, I wish I had a landline that used the old copper wire technology, because the copper tech landline supplied its own power that was very stable and didn't drop out when there was a power loss. But in Australia landline just means a internet phone now, and internet phones depend on one's Modem/router and the normal power supply, so a power loss means a loss of telephone service.

I do have an internet phone service (provided "free" with my internet service) but I haven't attached a phone to the modem. I did try some software (SIP software) but the free versions were kind of unstable, and I am not sure that I want to pay for SIP software.

 

[tango]

I liked the landline that still worked if everything else went down. Several years ago when we were due an enormous superstorm I bought one of the ancient wired phones, figuring that if we lost power for any length of time I could still maintain some form of contact.

Then the company operating the landline put their prices up so we moved to a different service, which meant the landline went away. Now the wires that once powered it are hanging disconnected somewhere down the side of the house. I don't even recall them being physically disconnected, I guess the engineer who fitted the new service disconnected them and then at some point they pulled free.

 

[MoreCoffee]

I liked the landline that still worked if everything else went down. Several years ago when we were due an enormous superstorm I bought one of the ancient wired phones, figuring that if we lost power for any length of time I could still maintain some form of contact.

Then the company operating the landline put their prices up so we moved to a different service, which meant the landline went away. Now the wires that once powered it are hanging disconnected somewhere down the side of the house. I don't even recall them being physically disconnected, I guess the engineer who fitted the new service disconnected them and then at some point they pulled free.

Frustrating isn't it?

I'd like to have both, really, a nice copper landline and my internet on optic fibre.

 

[tango]

Frustrating isn't it?

I'd like to have both, really, a nice copper landline and my internet on optic fibre.

I'd like that too, but short of paying for a second internet connection that I really don't need I don't think there's any way I can get a landline back. The best option is a UPS to make sure the router doesn't go down if the power does.

 

[MoreCoffee]

I'd like that too, but short of paying for a second internet connection that I really don't need I don't think there's any way I can get a landline back. The best option is a UPS to make sure the router doesn't go down if the power does.

Maybe after I buy an e-vehicle (some time in the distant future) I'll have a good UPS.

 

[tango]

Maybe after I buy an e-vehicle (some time in the distant future) I'll have a good UPS.

You don't need a particularly good UPS to maintain power to an internet router for a while. My problem is that I have one interface box in the basement and the main router upstairs, connected to different circuits.

I still toy with the idea of a sub breaker panel with a rollover generator feeding it but the power goes out infrequently enough it's not really worth it.