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The end (almost) of an era!!

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PaulAm:
In my area (midwest US) the phone company has been deprecating copper for the last 20 years.  Basically, they're letting it rot and fewer techs know how to maintain it.  When I was last using it, line quality was abysmal.

I now live in a rural area and have to depend on an LTE modem for internet, which is not terrible, but not great either.  There are plans underway to run fiber to every residence in my county.  Money has been allocated so that is really going to happen within the next couple years.

There's a story about a local guy (who actually worked as a network engineer) who wanted fiber from the local cable company.  They were going to charge him $30K for the connection, which ticked him off so much he started his own ISP (bought the directional drilling equipment, compressors, etc by scrounging at auctions).  He was so successful he picked up the contract to provide fiber for a significant portion of the county.  That story made the national news

JohanH:
I've never had a land line. I used an ethernet to VOIP adapter for a couple of years with a regular phone. You can get a number from a VOIP provider on the Internet, set the number in the box (web interface) and plug in any old phone. But check with the VOIP provider if emergency number works!

Now I'm on fiber and there is no more copper here.

Bicurico:
I have fiber to home with internet (1GBit/200MBit), TV and phone. A SIM is included, too.

This comes with a router that outputs, besides 4 GBit RJ45 output ports, DVB-T encoded digital channels and analog CATV channels for my coaxial TV distribution and it has two connectors for regular phones (but only one is active, as I only have one phone line subscribed).

This means that if your ISP provides you with fiber, you will most certainly get a router that allows to connect your existing TV and Phone installation. This way you continue using your existing phones.

I am, however, unsure if this supports pulse dialing.

JohanH:
Most VOIP adapters are made for tone dialing. But there are pulse to tone adapters that are supposed to work with VOIP.

IanB:

--- Quote from: JohanH on November 27, 2022, 09:38:58 pm ---Most VOIP adapters are made for tone dialing. But there are pulse to tone adapters that are supposed to work with VOIP.

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Not only pulse dialing, but I imagine the big mechanical bell ringers on old phones might need more power to operate them than a modem/router is prepared to provide?

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