On 3/28/2017 3:34 PM, Daniel Barrett wrote:
On March 28, 2017, Dan Ritter wrote:
1, 2 and 3 are all variations on 4 [eliminating the landline]
Oh god. Does this mean that fiber optic lines, when they replace
copper lines in the home, reduce the voice quality to that of a cell
phone? (If so, I'm screwed for life. I cannot make out 50% of cell
phone conversations, even with hearing aids.)
No, they don't degrade it to the quality of a cellular call, but they
don't improve it nearly as much as they could, either. If you've ever
had the pleasure of using ISDN telephone service, you'd be astonished at
how far back in last last century "POTS" voice quality really is, and VZ
is probably afraid that having ISDN quality on their FiOS offerings
might cut into cellular sales, which are the most profitable part of the
parent company's earnings.
I'm checking on Vonage. (But Vonage has other difficulties, like the
fact that the phone lines are in the basement and the FIOS router is
on the third floor, so I'd have to hire an electrician to run cables
to the Vonage box, and then bring in the alarm company to hook up
their stuff.)
Well, you didn't hear this from me, but if the wire in the cellar was
cut, you could simply run a telephone extension cord from the Vonage box
to one of the jacks in your apartment and it would "backfeed" the other
jacks. If the alarm company uses the phone line to signal an alarm, then
the alarm would work too. Mum's the word. ;-)
Bill Horne
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