| Message-ID: <sJ8SL.1498221$iS99.1224317@fx16.iad>
Date: 20 Mar 2023 22:35:05 -0400
From: "Michael Trew" <michael.trew@att.net>
Subject: Re: Fiber To The Home
On 3/20/2023 9:05, Steven Fleckenstein, N2UBP wrote:
> Last September Frontier ran fiber in my neighborhood.
>
> This month their telemarketers have been calling me daily with a
> script informing me that "This call is being recorded, copper being
> replaced by fiber."
(snip)
> I don't like telemarketers telling me that my last POTS copper fed
> phone line will be replaced by fiber (in the 80's I had 5 phone lines
> to cover home, business and BBS and the cables are still running from
> the pole to my house even though Frontier promised to remove the
> deadheads years ago.).
Frontier is not a very progressive telco. I haven't worked there for
several years, but I've never heard of someone being pushed off of their
service for fiber. It sounds like a marketing ploy to push people to
*buy* new service. I find it very unlikely that they are shutting down
copper POTS. Hold your ground if you wish to keep your land line as-is.
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| Message-ID: <6b9c26d328af15d13582502a6588cc50.squirrel@hallikainen.org>
Date: Tue, 21 Mar 2023 09:51:20 -0700
From: "Harold Hallikainen" <harold@hallikainen.org>
Subject: Re: Searching for Teletype machines
For all things Teletype, see the GreenKeys mailing list at
https://www.rtty.com/greenkeys.htm . Machines show up there a few times a
month. And, there's great discussion on Teletype history and related
topics.
Harold
https://w6iwi.org/rtty/
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| Message-ID: <tv9pjv$3i9p9$1@dont-email.me>
Date: 20 Mar 2023 15:12:15 +0100
From: "Marco Moock" <mo01@posteo.de>
Subject: Re: Fiber To The Home
Am 20.03.2023 um 09:05:19 Uhr schrieb Steven Fleckenstein, N2UBP:
> I like the technology, and the synchronous speeds. I'm not sure where
> they would place the ONT since all electrical, cable and telco lines
> come into the side of the a house with finished rooms, and no basement
> or garage for the install.
It can be installed at any place in the house - you need to find a
place.
> Where would they get the power for the ONT?
From one of the sockets in the house - maybe an extension cord is
needed.
> I don't like telemarketers telling me that my last POTS copper fed
> phone line will be replaced by fiber (in the 80's I had 5 phone lines
> to cover home, business and BBS and the cables are still running from
> the pole to my house even though Frontier promised to remove the
> deadheads years ago.).
That is a normal process in technical evolution, you can't do anything
against it. |
