RE: The Beginning of the End for Landline Phones

e14 Contributor — Wed, 04 Dec 2013 06:14:08 GMT

I do not understand you thesis "Everyone will have to transition away from the traditional landline" Why does everyone have to transition away? Transition to what? IP? VoIP? Shared bandwidth of CDMA and LTE?

So, to make sure I understand your points,

You are willing to give up 99.999% up time,
a dedicated toll quality line that is inherent in a TDM network,
dedicated copper pairs (that can be used for DSL, T1, PRI),
a stable, mature, economical technology
for a new technology that is yet undefined and has early adopter bugs?

Your analogy of printers is disingenuous. Yes, the attorneys can buy a bigger faster printer that can give them nine nines, but the average home owner will only be able to buy a printer that works two nines (99%) of the time, jamms, uses expensive ink, only prints certain items and quality is variable depending on the time of day and network traffic.

Voice Link is a solution for a profit driven company, looking to cut capital expenditures, and not a new technology blazing a revolution.

RE: The Beginning of the End for Landline Phones

DAB — Mon, 02 Dec 2013 19:10:25 GMT

I think you are correct.

We are at a crossover point where the wireless coverage makes a land line obsolete.

However, it will still be quite some time before many rural people will get the ability to cut the cord.

The only way that the government could approve such a move would be a guarantee that they could provide service to everyone with high rates of reliability.

One additional caveat, wireless communication is much less secure and it is easier to disrupt service for large areas.

Just a thought,

DAB