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|    Marco Moock to All    |
|    Re: The UK's PSTN network will switch of    |
|    23 May 22 16:33:17    |
      From: mo01@posteo.de              Am Samstag, 21. Mai 2022, um 15:13:42 Uhr schrieb Bill Horne:              > What you probably don't notice so much is the infrastructure that       > makes everything work. The telephone lines strung across the streets,       > the web of copper cables buried beneath your feet, some of which have       > been down there since the 19th century.              That is not an argument, the same lines will still be used for ADSL and       VDSL.              > It's now time to leap forward from PSTN to embrace the boundless       > possibilities of digital.              There is just one problem: There are disadvantages.              VoIP is more complex and needs a modem and router at home that needs to       be powered all the time. This is not a good solution for fire alarm       systems, elevator phones etc.              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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