[BC] Vonage (etc) vs copper dial line

[Dave Dunsmoor]

> >TELCO still supplies DC from the CO to run phone sets, but most
> >people have electronic phones that quit when the AC drops. I keep
> >a couple "old" phones here for just this reason.
>
> I haven't seen an old telco phone in any home in years.

Neither have I, but I still have a couple "just in case". Just-in-case
just hasn't happened here (yet).

> When FIOS gets here I'll need to have a separate copper line in use so
they
> don't disconnect it. ...

What is FIOS? This sounds something akin to when TELCO removed all our
dry lines in favor of fiber a while back. A scramble to see what electronic
magic box would replace all the copper transmitter links. As it turned out
CC
consolidation of 6 stations into one building and STLs solved that problem.

Dave Dunsmoor - It's +14 out so I'm going for a walk to get a Starbucks...