[152576] in North American Network Operators' Group
POTS Ending (Re: Operation Ghost Click)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jared Mauch)
Wed May 2 23:30:02 2012
From: Jared Mauch <jared@puck.nether.net>
In-Reply-To: <00c301cd28ce$0d48eef0$27daccd0$@iname.com>
Date: Wed, 2 May 2012 23:29:19 -0400
To: "Frank Bulk" <frnkblk@iname.com>
Cc: NANOG list <nanog@nanog.org>
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
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-beco=
ming-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=
