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   On 3/21/2025 7:30 AM, Marco Moock wrote:   
   > On 20.03.2025 21:32 Uhr Monty Solomon wrote:   
   >   
   >> Rule eliminations make it easier to replace copper networks with   
   >> wireless.   
   > Are there any areas where starlink or similar services are not   
   > available or always better?   
   >   
   > Copper lines for analog phone are almost useless for current internet   
   > communication, as they are far too slow to even handle basic websites.   
   >   
   > Even slow DSL nowadays goes in that category.   
   The rules changes are primarily about voice telephone services. They   
   allow an incumbent local exchange carrier to discontinue standalone   
   telephone service under many more circumstances. One change is that they   
   may now choose to offer telephone service only as part of a bundle, so   
   if you want dial tone, you have to buy their broadband Internet service.   
   If you're a senior who doesn't or can't use a computer, for instance, or   
   a lower-income person who can't afford the bundle, then you will lose   
   you dial tone service. Don't forget that mobile phone service is not   
   uniformly available in the US -- it is quite poor in many areas,   
   especially mountainous ones, and doesn't work well inside many buildings   
   even in urban areas. And many people can't effectively use a smartphone,   
   since touch screens require a high level of hand-eye coordination which   
   fails if your eyesight is bad or your fingers aren't as pointy or   
   precise as, say, St. Steve the Calligrapher's were. Wireline sets are   
   thus a necessity for many people.   
      
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     Interisle Consulting Group   
     +1 617 795 2701   
      
      
      
        
          
        
        
       
On 3/21/2025 7:30 AM, Marco Moock   
         wrote:
   
       
   
       
   
         
On 20.03.2025 21:32 Uhr Monty Solomon   
   wrote:   
      
   
   
         
   
           
Rule eliminations make it easier to   
   replace copper networks with   
   wireless.   
   
   
         
   
         
   
   Are there any areas where starlink or similar services are not   
   available or always better?   
      
   Copper lines for analog phone are almost useless for current internet   
   communication, as they are far too slow to even handle basic websites.   
      
   Even slow DSL nowadays goes in that category.   
   
   
       
   
       The rules changes are primarily about voice telephone services. They   
       allow an incumbent local exchange carrier to discontinue standalone   
       telephone service under many more circumstances. One change is that   
       they may now choose to offer telephone service only as part of a   
       bundle, so if you want dial tone, you have to buy their broadband   
       Internet service. If you're a senior who doesn't or can't use a   
       computer, for instance, or a lower-income person who can't afford   
       the bundle, then you will lose you dial tone service. Don't forget   
       that mobile phone service is not uniformly available in the US -- it   
       is quite poor in many areas, especially mountainous ones, and   
       doesn't work well inside many buildings even in urban areas. And   
       many people can't effectively use a smartphone, since touch screens   
       require a high level of hand-eye coordination which fails if your   
       eyesight is bad or your fingers aren't as pointy or precise as, say,   
       St. Steve the Calligrapher's were. Wireline sets are thus a   
       necessity for many people.
   
       
--   
      
    Fred R. Goldstein      k1io    fred "at" interisle.net   
    Interisle Consulting Group   
    +1 617 795 2701
   
        
      
      
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