Message-ID: <sJ8SL.1498221$iS99.1224317@fx16.iad> Date: 20 Mar 2023 22:35:05 -0400 From: "Michael Trew" <michael.trew@att.net> Subject: Re: Fiber To The Home On 3/20/2023 9:05, Steven Fleckenstein, N2UBP wrote: > Last September Frontier ran fiber in my neighborhood. > > This month their telemarketers have been calling me daily with a > script informing me that "This call is being recorded, copper being > replaced by fiber." (snip) > I don't like telemarketers telling me that my last POTS copper fed > phone line will be replaced by fiber (in the 80's I had 5 phone lines > to cover home, business and BBS and the cables are still running from > the pole to my house even though Frontier promised to remove the > deadheads years ago.). Frontier is not a very progressive telco. I haven't worked there for several years, but I've never heard of someone being pushed off of their service for fiber. It sounds like a marketing ploy to push people to *buy* new service. I find it very unlikely that they are shutting down copper POTS. Hold your ground if you wish to keep your land line as-is.

Message-ID: <6b9c26d328af15d13582502a6588cc50.squirrel@hallikainen.org> Date: 2023年3月21日 09:51:20 -0700 From: "Harold Hallikainen" <harold@hallikainen.org> Subject: Re: Searching for Teletype machines For all things Teletype, see the GreenKeys mailing list at https://www.rtty.com/greenkeys.htm . Machines show up there a few times a month. And, there's great discussion on Teletype history and related topics. Harold https://w6iwi.org/rtty/

Message-ID: <tv9pjv3ドルi9p91ドル@dont-email.me> Date: 20 Mar 2023 15:12:15 +0100 From: "Marco Moock" <mo01@posteo.de> Subject: Re: Fiber To The Home Am 20.03.2023 um 09:05:19 Uhr schrieb Steven Fleckenstein, N2UBP: > I like the technology, and the synchronous speeds. I'm not sure where > they would place the ONT since all electrical, cable and telco lines > come into the side of the a house with finished rooms, and no basement > or garage for the install. It can be installed at any place in the house - you need to find a place. > Where would they get the power for the ONT? From one of the sockets in the house - maybe an extension cord is needed. > I don't like telemarketers telling me that my last POTS copper fed > phone line will be replaced by fiber (in the 80's I had 5 phone lines > to cover home, business and BBS and the cables are still running from > the pole to my house even though Frontier promised to remove the > deadheads years ago.). That is a normal process in technical evolution, you can't do anything against it.