On 2018 Apr 06 07:35:04, you wrote to me:  
    
   JD> I probably wasn't clear enough, though.  
    
  maybe... i thought i understood what you were trying to say but i guess  
  not...  
    
   JD> The problem I'm looking at is going from serial connections to analog  
   JD> and back, on both ends, over the PSTN, when there is no copper,  
   JD> analog, or TDM. Where there is no POTS, only fiber, only IP data  
   JD> networking underlying everything. It's not clear to me that such use  
   JD> of voice phone lines will be univerally available.  
    
  AHHH! ok... yeah, you can do this but you will have to deal with the  
  problem of  
   the codecs that the telco's use for encoding the voice traffic over the  
  network... i don't know their names of numbers... that's all confusing for  
  the  
  most part... i know that in some cases, it works and works well aside from  
  the  
  network protocol paradigm that allows for packets to travel via different  
  paths... some have been successful with several of the available VoIP  
  products... others have not... some can only get 9600 while others may see  
  19200 or better... it really depends on the network, the codecs and QOS or  
  similar that may be in play...  
    
   JD> With or without the "repeal" of "Net Neutrality", the economics appear  
   JD> to disencentive support for analog data.  
    
  i think that's a separate thing, altogether... other than maybe restricting  
  VoIP, it should not get in the way...  
    
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