Any one still use a land (fixed) telephone line?

[Ed in Tx]

Originally Posted by Telecolor 3007

...they going to have the bad ideea of puting me on V.o.I.P., I might quit it... for me the Copper wire is the only true landline.

That's what they did here. A few years ago AT&T hooked me up to fiber. Far superior internet, equal speeds up and down. Simply disconnected the old line at the junction box outside and plugged the phone jack on the modem into the existing house phone wiring. Great audio on the phone, quality probably on par with the old analog system when that didn't have static and noise on it, the old system was over 60 years old. Plus additional features like call blocking to let you block unwanted calls. BUT of course the VoiP relies on the modem working and backup batteries in case of a power outage. Their batteries will get you 1, 2 hours tops before it dies. I have all that plugged in to a good sized UPS for more backup time. Plus the AT&T Arris modem doesn't dial with a rotary phone. They excluded a pulse dial encoder.

[nasadowsk]

Originally Posted by Ed in Tx

Plus the AT&T Arris modem doesn't dial with a rotary phone. They excluded a pulse dial encoder.

Tha'ts odd, my current VOIP modem is an Arris, and supports pulse dialing.

[Ed in Tx]

Originally Posted by nasadowsk

Originally Posted by Ed in Tx
Plus the AT&T Arris modem doesn't dial with a rotary phone. They excluded a pulse dial encoder.

Tha'ts odd, my current VOIP modem is an Arris, and supports pulse dialing.

Then don't let them ever swap it out to a NVG599 Arris modem if rotary pulse dial is important. That model doesn't, as documented in the manual too.

[MIPS]

We were copper until about four months ago when my parents opted for free VoIP as part of a speed boost on our fiber connection. At first I wasn't impressed but the fiber modem is doing a great job handling touch tone and rotary and has successfully done dialup connections. I have a PBX between the modem and the phones in the house anyways which lets me run more "demanding" phones and modems.