21-03-2022, 12:06 PM
Enjoy it while you can! For an increasing number of people, the twisted pair is just how broadband enters the house; the "POTS" part of it isn't enabled.
Checking my ISP, I note that a "phone line" isn't included to new customers in the monthly package I have - I assume I get to retain mine for now, but I wouldn't be surprised if I'm incentivised to give it up at some point. It's only used for incoming calls anyway - mostly scammers - as I didn't opt for a call bundle at the time, meaning that outgoing calls are prohibitively expensive. But we have more free minutes on our mobiles than we'll ever use, so that's how we dial out on those rare occasions it's needed.
There are many articles out there discussing the death of the landline - the POTS part of it, at least. I guess some us might be sad to see it go, as the (apparent) simplicity appeals to engineers with a KISS mindset. Of course, there's a fair bit of work still to do in the areas that currently have poor broadband and/or poor mobile network coverage...
Checking my ISP, I note that a "phone line" isn't included to new customers in the monthly package I have - I assume I get to retain mine for now, but I wouldn't be surprised if I'm incentivised to give it up at some point. It's only used for incoming calls anyway - mostly scammers - as I didn't opt for a call bundle at the time, meaning that outgoing calls are prohibitively expensive. But we have more free minutes on our mobiles than we'll ever use, so that's how we dial out on those rare occasions it's needed.
There are many articles out there discussing the death of the landline - the POTS part of it, at least. I guess some us might be sad to see it go, as the (apparent) simplicity appeals to engineers with a KISS mindset. Of course, there's a fair bit of work still to do in the areas that currently have poor broadband and/or poor mobile network coverage...
