Openreach (BT) has this morning confirmed that they've formally introduced their long-planned UK wide “stop sell” on sales of new Wholesale Line Rental (WL
Sad times. I always liked having a corded phone powered off the phone line, that way if the power went out it would still work. Granted, these days you’d fall back to a mobile, but I like the nostalgia.
I also hate the idea that customers are paying twice for the same thing. I pay for my internet connection, I pay for my phone, but now my phone is using my internet connection. It’s almost as bad as Sky are trying to do with their phase out of satellite.
I believe a lot of analog phones now transfer to VoIP at the cabinet. Those cabinets don’t have a UPS in them. A friend of mine (naively) thought putting his ASDL modem on a UPS would keep his internet working during a power cut. His side worked, unfortunately the street box went dark, till the power came back up.
Even an analog phone will now fall over in a power cut.
Sad times. I always liked having a corded phone powered off the phone line, that way if the power went out it would still work. Granted, these days you’d fall back to a mobile, but I like the nostalgia.
I also hate the idea that customers are paying twice for the same thing. I pay for my internet connection, I pay for my phone, but now my phone is using my internet connection. It’s almost as bad as Sky are trying to do with their phase out of satellite.
I believe a lot of analog phones now transfer to VoIP at the cabinet. Those cabinets don’t have a UPS in them. A friend of mine (naively) thought putting his ASDL modem on a UPS would keep his internet working during a power cut. His side worked, unfortunately the street box went dark, till the power came back up.
Even an analog phone will now fall over in a power cut.