I guess it's time for me to junk the ISDN PRI gear I've got in my garage.
On 2/13/24 20:33, wb5itt via BVARC wrote:
When VOIP first came out, the trick was to set the fax machine to the
speed below the fastest it could handle. If the modem was capable of
14400, locking it at 12600 or even 9,600 usually gave you reliable
communications... Usually..
One of my early Vonage boxes allowed me to run up to 1200 baud on a
dialup modem but t on a long download eventually led to just gibberish
and a hang up. Even dialing into a ROLM CBX telephone switch at 300
baud was hit and miss on a long download
The phone companies, especially AT&T, originally intended to do away
with copper POTS back in 2020 but that got pushed back. After
Hurricane Sandy did its number on New York, the phone companies like
Verizon and Frontier stated no more new copper there...
ISDN BRI has been going away though it never really caught on for
residential use.. radio stations used it a lot for high quality audio
transport from remote sites but when the lines went from $55 a month
to over a thousand a month it was time to say goodbye..
ISDN PRI service has been going away for years. Around 2008, AT&T in
Texas was promoting it with a real cheap rate for businesses to get
off T1s for phone service. I upgraded the Centerpoint office in New
Braunfels and save them $700 a month!!
But it's time was limited as IP took over..
Chris WB5ITT
Sent via my Samsung Galaxy S10e, an AT&T 5G Evolution capable
smartphone..so there! 😂
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From: Tom Watson via BVARC <bvarc@bvarc.org>
Date: 2/13/24 6:35 PM (GMT-06:00)
To: BRAZOS VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB <bvarc@bvarc.org>
Cc: Tom Watson <k5qb....@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [BVARC] the phase out of landline phone service
Is there a way to run a fax machine over VoIP?
On Tue, Feb 13, 2024, 3:19 PM Jeff Greer via BVARC <bvarc@bvarc.org>
wrote:
At work, we're having to convert all our old POTS lines to VoIP.
The telcos don't want to spend the money to keep the old copper
phone lines working. You'll still be able to have a VoIP phone at
home, but it'll be useless if you lose Internet.
All the more reason to know how to get a message out via ham
radio. 😉
-j
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*Subject:* Re: [BVARC] the phase out of landline phone service
To all
I have a land line and need to keep it since I have a captel
phone for hard of hearing
In a message dated 2/8/2024 2:38:27 PM Central Standard Time,
bvarc@bvarc.org writes:
Yeah, I’ve had a landline for years and I don’t plan on
getting rid of it anytime soon but unfortunately they decide
to pull it. They’re gonna pull it.
Sent from my iPhone
On Feb 8, 2024, at 1:39 PM, Chris Medlin via BVARC
<bvarc@bvarc.org> wrote:
I heard this story in the news this week.. that landline
phones were being phased out.. that cellular is king… and even
though I haven’t had a home landline in years, I do know the
power of having one in times of infrastructural crisis… so
this story just adds that extra validation of the importance
of Ham Radio in the event of infrastructure outage.
When all else fails, Ham Radio.
“Don’t let them drop us!” Landline users protest AT&T copper
retirement plan | Ars Technica
<https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/02/dont-let-them-drop-us-landline-users-protest-att-copper-retirement-plan/>
Enjoy!
73
Chris/AC5CM
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*Subject:* Re: [BVARC] the phase out of landline phone service
To all
I have a land line and need to keep it since I have a captel
phone for hard of hearing
In a message dated 2/8/2024 2:38:27 PM Central Standard Time,
bvarc@bvarc.org writes:
Yeah, I’ve had a landline for years and I don’t plan on
getting rid of it anytime soon but unfortunately they decide
to pull it. They’re gonna pull it.
Sent from my iPhone
On Feb 8, 2024, at 1:39 PM, Chris Medlin via BVARC
<bvarc@bvarc.org> wrote:
I heard this story in the news this week.. that landline
phones were being phased out.. that cellular is king… and even
though I haven’t had a home landline in years, I do know the
power of having one in times of infrastructural crisis… so
this story just adds that extra validation of the importance
of Ham Radio in the event of infrastructure outage.
When all else fails, Ham Radio.
“Don’t let them drop us!” Landline users protest AT&T copper
retirement plan | Ars Technica
<https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/02/dont-let-them-drop-us-landline-users-protest-att-copper-retirement-plan/>
Enjoy!
73
Chris/AC5CM
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