[152690] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: POTS Ending (Re: Operation Ghost Click)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Henry Linneweh)
Wed May 9 11:46:14 2012
Date: Wed, 9 May 2012 08:44:43 -0700 (PDT)
From: Henry Linneweh <hrlinneweh@sbcglobal.net>
To: Stephen Sprunk <stephen@sprunk.org>, "nanog@nanog.org" <nanog@nanog.org>
In-Reply-To: <4FA6D48C.3090804@sprunk.org>
Reply-To: Henry Linneweh <hrlinneweh@sbcglobal.net>
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
Premature and very dangerous move, the public is at great risk, only Sat ph=
ones seem=0Ato work when there is a natural disaster. Cell phones for the m=
ost part can't even connect=0Ato 911....=0A=0A-henry=0A=0A=0A=0A___________=
_____________________=0A From: Stephen Sprunk <stephen@sprunk.org>=0ATo: na=
nog@nanog.org =0ASent: Sunday, May 6, 2012 12:44 PM=0ASubject: Re: POTS End=
ing (Re: Operation Ghost Click)=0A =0AOn 04-May-12 04:11, Anurag Bhatia wro=
te:=0A> Curious to know if naked DSL (DSL without dialtone & POTS link) is =
common=0A> in North America?=0A=0AThe availability of naked DSL varies from=
state to state within the US,=0Adepending on how successful the telcos hav=
e been at bribing^Wlobbying=0Athe various state regulators and politicians.=
=A0 Even where not required,=0Asome telcos have ended up offering it anyway=
due to competition from=0Aother service providers, eg. cable, fixed wirele=
ss or mobile wireless.=0A=0A> PSTN <<>> IP connectivity is banned [in India=
] which brings up back to=0A> GSM/CDMA and POTS option.=0A=0AThe naked DSL =
debate isn't about VoIP; it's really about the mass=0Aadoption of mobile ph=
ones.=A0 Some telcos see DSL as an opportunity to=0Aforce customers to keep=
paying for landlines they never use anymore. =0AThis is a big deal because=
they have a lot of expensive equipment=0Athey're still paying for--much of=
it bought to handle the massive influx=0Aof dial-up modem users in the 199=
0s--that is generating less and less=0Arevenue every year.=0A=0AS=0A=0A-- =
=0AStephen Sprunk=A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 "God does not play dice."=A0 --Albert Ein=
stein=0ACCIE #3723=A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 "God is an inveterate gambler, and He th=
rows the=0AK5SSS=A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 dice at every possible opportunity." --Step=
hen Hawking
