Re: texst to a landline

Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> wrote:

Jörg Lorenz wrote:
 

Andy Burns wrote:
>

Aren't DECT phone common over there?  Many of them have SMS capability
when on a PSTN/POTS line.

 
In Europe IP-Telephone Services are standard. POTS/PSTN does not exist
anymore. This dates back to 2017 in the case of Switzerland.

I think you are overstating the facts, I'm sure most European countries
are in the process of migrating to VoIP, as far as I can tell only
Germany, the Netherlands and Sweden claim to have completed this, and
even then, does "completed" mean absolutely 100%, I doubt it ...

  And even if it's IP telephony, the user end, i.e. the 'last mile' can
still be POTS, i.e. local copper wire and *analog* telephones. For
example my neighbour (in The Netherlands) still has that and she doesn't
want to change and she doesn't have to change.

  OTOH, AFAIK her base-station/handset combination is DECT, so the very
last bit is partly digital, but not IP. Confusing, isn't it!? :-)