Curious to know if naked DSL (DSL without dialtone & POTS link) is common in North America? We don't have that available here in India yet apart from fact that PSTN <<>> IP connectivity is banned which brings up back to GSM/CDMA and POTS option.
On Thu, May 3, 2012 at 8:47 PM, Brandt, Ralph <ralph.bra...@pateam.com>wrote: > Connecticut has such a bill pending. My suggestion to people there, Get > a ham radio license and a 2 meter transceiver with a car adapter....... > > > > > Ralph Brandt > York PA > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jared Mauch [mailto:ja...@puck.nether.net] > Sent: Wednesday, May 02, 2012 11:29 PM > To: Frank Bulk > Cc: NANOG list > Subject: POTS Ending (Re: Operation Ghost Click) > > > On May 2, 2012, at 9:42 PM, Frank Bulk wrote: > > > Many states have regulations regarding how long dial tone needs to > last > > during a power outage. Iowa's PUC (the IUB) requires at least two > hours of > > backup power. We design ours for eight hours. > > One thing of note that I've been tracking is this: > > http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/story/2012-04-16/landline-service-be > coming-obsolete/54321184/1 > > I'm somewhat dubious about the following claims on the part of the > carrier. This is a carrier that wants to meter your cellular data but > provides wifi service inferior to the cellular data to "offload" their > wireless network. > > -- snip -- > "Bill sponsors and phone companies including AT&T say deregulating > land-line phone service will increase competition and allow carriers to > invest in better technology rather than expand a dying service. Some > consumer organizations fear the change will hurt affordable service, > especially in rural areas." > -- snip -- > > - Jared > > -- Anurag Bhatia anuragbhatia.com or simply - http://[2001:470:26:78f::5] if you are on IPv6 connected network! Linkedin <http://in.linkedin.com/in/anuragbhatia21> | Twitter<https://twitter.com/anurag_bhatia>| Google+ <https://plus.google.com/118280168625121532854>