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Emergency Phones: Landlines or Cell?

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  • Too_Many_ToolsToo_Many_Tools Posts: 765
    edited 2013-11-29 16:21
    FYI...

    http://news.yahoo.com/us-eyes-phase-old-telephone-network-023742404.html

    Make sure to read the comments for the various opinions.
  • Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi)Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi) Posts: 23,514
    edited 2013-11-29 19:02
    If this happened in my community, the wireless network would be overloaded by the 5000 or so new subscribers. Not only that, but eliminating copper would also get rid of that many potential DSL customers that CenturyLink is trying to recruit. I don't see it happening here anytime soon.

    -Phil
  • User NameUser Name Posts: 1,451
    edited 2013-11-29 19:23
    What Phil said! I've seen several upgrades and expansions made to a phone box down the street (including a new foundation and the installation of a power meter) in the past few years, and have assumed all along it had to do with DSL. So a lot of my neighbors and family members have stopped using - and answering - their landline phones, but keep them because they're a freebie that comes with DSL. Quite a change of emphasis in a very short time.
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