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| coppice:
--- Quote from: themadhippy on December 01, 2022, 01:29:02 am --- --- Quote ---There was a fibre to the home demo system in the 80s in Milton Keynes, but at a high cost per house that would not scale --- End quote --- strange, the head of bt engineering is on record saying --- Quote ---"In 1986, I managed to get fibre to the home cheaper than copper and we started a programme where we built factories for manufacturing the system. By 1990, we had two factories, one in Ipswich and one in Birmingham, where were manufacturing components for systems to roll out to the local loop". --- End quote --- As an aside was that the houses of the future or some such nonsense in ,i think ,heelands --- End quote --- In 1986 we were developing the first generation of ISDN mux for BT, to be able to put a box in a street cabinet with a PRI ISDN fibre to the exchange, and copper to the surrounding houses carrying BRI ISDN. It was held back because it was really expensive compared to the conventional phone lines of the time. What you have read sounds very 1980s Tomorrow's World, where everything is so much better than reality. Here's an example of BT's lack of realism in the 1980s. The subscriber line chip we developed for that mux had to echo cancel the BRI line. This was an expensive thing to do with 1980s technology, especially if you wanted to cancel a really long echo. BT demanded we cancel well enough for really long lines. We said that would be expensive. They said no problem. We built it, and it worked. They complained about the price. |
| vad:
The last time I had landline was in Australia 9 years ago. We do not have landline in our house in Boston. There is 1 Gbps fiber (Verizon Fios) and the area has good 5G mobile coverage. I did not miss landline for a moment. |
| unknownparticle:
There is some bl00dy interesting stuff here, glad I started this topic!! Update on my fault, it is now fully resolved, after THREE engineer visits!!! None of the issues were in my property, all line and junction issues. I now have the quietest line I've ever had and the BB connection speed has improved!! So there must have been some longstanding neglected problems going on. It was amusing watching the engineers from my CCTV cam on my phone!! There were 3 Open Reach vans at one point!! |
| rstofer:
--- Quote from: vad on December 01, 2022, 02:42:41 am ---The last time I had landline was in Australia 9 years ago. We do not have landline in our house in Boston. There is 1 Gbps fiber (Verizon Fios) and the area has good 5G mobile coverage. I did not miss landline for a moment. --- End quote --- It is my belief that if you have a medical emergency at home, you are better served with a landline where the carrier can transmit the EXACT address to 911 along with your call. Even if we are totally incapacitated after dialing. We keep our landline for exactly this purpose. It's a choice... |
| IanB:
--- Quote from: rstofer on December 01, 2022, 04:04:35 pm ---It is my belief that if you have a medical emergency at home, you are better served with a landline where the carrier can transmit the EXACT address to 911 along with your call. Even if we are totally incapacitated after dialing. We keep our landline for exactly this purpose. It's a choice... --- End quote --- The FCC has rules that require this also to be the case with a digital (VoIP) line that you might have from a cable provider or ISP. The remaining detail is one of power outages, when you need to include the battery backup option for the modem/router if you want to ensure continuity of service. https://www.fcc.gov/consumers/guides/voip-and-911-service |
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