Posted on 09/06/2010 7:28:47 PM PDT by thecodont
Yep.
If the cable goes out, so does the phone.
ATT U-Verse has a battery backup so you'll get about four hours of service during a blackout.
I must admit, I have not cut the cord. I still love my land line ... it is dependable.
My U-verse has gone out three times since April, once for 5 days. Each time it takes the tech about 2 hours to get it going. Also, the internet goes dormant on a regular basis where speed goes to near zero for several minutes at a time. Of course, they tell me there's nothing wrong with my service. I would jump to DSL, but they only offer a slow version in my area.
1-800-ATT-2020
Yeah, I've got it on speed dial. I talk with them a lot.
I honestly have no idea. It’s part of the FIOS bundle, that’s all I know.
for me, anything is a fad that keeps on changing with the wind.... i.e., cell phones/text messagig.... they are temporary... and, actually we got our first TV in 1954... :)
for me, anything is a fad that keeps on changing with the wind.... i.e., cell phones/text messaging.... they are temporary... and, actually we got our first TV in 1954... :)
If the cell phone companies spent anywheres near as much on quality and signal as they do on advertising ad nauseaum, then maybe they would improve to the point where they are dependable.
But honestly, cell phone tech is one of the few digital applications that really hasn’t experienced a quantum leap in price/service in the last decade or so.
Sorry that I don’t add in the cell phones unique ability to make my toast in the morning... I really don’t give a rat’s rear end...
I have a land line. It’s always on and it always works. Nuff said.
I also have a cell phone from a fairly dependable provider. But I have it for convenience and emergencies away from home.
If I was forced to give up one, I would keep the land line and give up the cell phone.
Just my 2 cents.
Digital ensures signal reproduction.
Most digital calling compresses the heck out of the source and usually doesn’t sample all that well.
Not quite. Most landlines will use a line concentrator that takes the copper line and sends it through a 64k carrier along with dozens of other lines on a DS1 or DS3 but that’s not VOIP. It’ll all eventually terminate on a switch where it’ll get digitally switched anyways.
VOIP isn’t used on the POTS network.
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