On 2/28/2011 15:35, Joe Greco wrote: > > There may be no compelling reason to do so, at least. However, digital > gear offers benefits, and some people want them. Others, like me, live > in bad RF environments where POTS picks up too much noise unless you > very carefully select your gear and shield your cables. Further, the > digital phones support other features, such as the ability to manage > multiple calls seamlessly, present Caller-ID reliably (even while you > are on another call), etc. >
ISDN would have fit the bill nicely as a digital home phone line. However, it never became popular in the US. I once read on Wikipedia that it was popular in Germany. ~Seth
