On 01/16/2018 12:31 PM, Fred Cisin via cctalk wrote: > The WHOLE experience? > howzbout BUSY signal, random drop of calls, noisy/static? on line, . . . > maybe even include human error, and randomly [rarely] dial wrong number
Or trying to call Los Gatos from Sunnyvale using an acoustic modem? (LG was GTE, Sunnyvale was Ma Bell--connections were tenuous at best). Although you can get a copper POTS connection in my neighborhood, it terminates at a fiber-fed terminal. If you're going to get Internet anyway, you might as well go to third-party VoIP. I did, some time ago; I use one of the Obitalk boxes, so I can keep my obsolescent telephones. No problem--*I'm* obsolescent myself. Of course, when the power goes out during a winter storm, *everything* goes out, even if you have emergency backup power for your home. Said fiber-fed terminal has only about an hour of reserve power, So a mobile phone, lousy coverage and all, is still a necessity. --Chuck
