Re: texst to a landline

On 2025-01-04 14:20, Newyana2 wrote:

On 1/4/2025 4:42 AM, Andy Burns wrote:
 

   I don't know what DECT

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I suspected they hadn't really caught-on over there, they're digital cordless (mostly home) phones, so they tend to have a lot of mobile- like features, such as a graphical display.  Though mostly people associate texting only with mobiles.
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    Yes, that's unfamiliar. I didn't know there was such a thing.
In Carlos's description he says it serves the IoT. Here that's only
possible via ethernet or wifi. So I guess I'm glad my dryer can't
jump online through my phone line.
    Though I'm still not completely clear about this. My landline
has cordless extensions and a limited graphical display. It has
caller ID and I can choose to program in numbers to be blocked.
However, it does not have wireless connection to any network.
It's still a landline -- what you apparently call POTS. The only
change is updated hardware.
    DECT sounds like it's truly wireless, connecting via towers
like cellphones? Or via wifi as wireless VOIP? Or maybe via
telephone pole receivers that you can see out the windy? :)

No. DECT phones connect by radio to a base at your home, which is connected to the copper pair.
You can see a photo of the base station on the wikipedia article.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DECT
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Cheers, Carlos.