Re: [BVARC] the phase out of landline phone service

Tom Watson via BVARC Tue, 13 Feb 2024 16:35:51 -0800

Is there a way to run a fax machine over VoIP?

On Tue, Feb 13, 2024, 3:19 PM Jeff Greer via BVARC <bvarc@bvarc.org> wrote:


> At work, we're having to convert all our old POTS lines to VoIP.  The
> telcos don't want to spend the money to keep the old copper phone lines
> working.  You'll still be able to have a VoIP phone at home, but it'll be
> useless if you lose Internet.
>
> All the more reason to know how to get a message out via ham radio.  😉
>
> -j
>
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> *Subject:* Re: [BVARC] the phase out of landline phone service
>
> To all
>
>  I have a land line and need to keep it since I have a captel phone for
> hard of hearing
>
> In a message dated 2/8/2024 2:38:27 PM Central Standard Time,
> bvarc@bvarc.org writes:
>
>
> Yeah, I’ve had a landline for years and I don’t plan on getting rid of it
> anytime soon but unfortunately they decide to pull it. They’re gonna pull
> it.
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Feb 8, 2024, at 1:39 PM, Chris Medlin via BVARC <bvarc@bvarc.org>
> wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
> I heard this story in the news this week.. that landline phones were being
> phased out.. that cellular is king… and even though I haven’t had a home
> landline in years, I do know the power of having one in times of
> infrastructural crisis… so this story just adds that extra validation of
> the importance of Ham Radio in the event of infrastructure outage.
>
> When all else fails, Ham Radio.
>
>
>
> “Don’t let them drop us!” Landline users protest AT&T copper retirement
> plan | Ars Technica
> <https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/02/dont-let-them-drop-us-landline-users-protest-att-copper-retirement-plan/>
>
>
>
> Enjoy!
>
> 73
>
> Chris/AC5CM
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> *Subject:* Re: [BVARC] the phase out of landline phone service
>
> To all
>
>  I have a land line and need to keep it since I have a captel phone for
> hard of hearing
>
> In a message dated 2/8/2024 2:38:27 PM Central Standard Time,
> bvarc@bvarc.org writes:
>
>
> Yeah, I’ve had a landline for years and I don’t plan on getting rid of it
> anytime soon but unfortunately they decide to pull it. They’re gonna pull
> it.
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Feb 8, 2024, at 1:39 PM, Chris Medlin via BVARC <bvarc@bvarc.org>
> wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
> I heard this story in the news this week.. that landline phones were being
> phased out.. that cellular is king… and even though I haven’t had a home
> landline in years, I do know the power of having one in times of
> infrastructural crisis… so this story just adds that extra validation of
> the importance of Ham Radio in the event of infrastructure outage.
>
> When all else fails, Ham Radio.
>
>
>
> “Don’t let them drop us!” Landline users protest AT&T copper retirement
> plan | Ars Technica
> <https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/02/dont-let-them-drop-us-landline-users-protest-att-copper-retirement-plan/>
>
>
>
> Enjoy!
>
> 73
>
> Chris/AC5CM
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