Re: [OM] USB-C Cables

[Jez Cunningham]

OTOH the number of people using landlines at all is reducing very quickly...

On 18 January 2017 at 16:59, John Hudson <OM4T@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> It is one feature that the VOIP telephone adverts on tv make no mention of
> !
>
> jh
>
> On 1/18/2017 12:20 PM, Chris Trask wrote:
>
>>      That certainly is a major improvement.  So now we can say that
>> digital is a threat to public safety.
>>
>>
>>> a major issue with VOIP phones in Canada is that should the incoming
>>> internet signal be lost the telephone user can no longer call the 911
>>> emergency services number [same as 999 in the UK].
>>>
>>>      They may regret that move.  According to this article:
>>>>
>>>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voice_over_IP
>>>>
>>>> VOIP is less reliable than traditional public switched telephone
>>>> network (PSTN).
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> Switzerland - telephone will be VOIP only from next year, we have
>>>>> already been switched at home
>>>>>
>>>>>       If you think THAT's bad, then you really don't want to know that
>>>>>> Norway is pulling the plug on analogue FM broadcasting.  They will
>>>>>> soon
>>>>>> be using digital FM only.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>> Chris
>>
>> When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro
>>      - Hunter S. Thompson
>>
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