Re: texst to a landline

Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> wrote:

Frank Slootweg wrote:
 

the 'last mile' can
still be POTS, i.e. local copper wire andanalog 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.

 
BT here are going to have an option for non-broadband users to continue
with a "POTS-like" service for a few years beyond the supposed PSTN
retirement date.

  Our relatives in Australia had a complete - quite bulky - NBN
(National Broadband Network) fibre broadband setup, complete with
battery backup power, just for their landline. Never mind that the phone
was DECT, so it would be dead anyway if the power failed. (Now they've
moved and are mobile phone only.)

There has been concern over phone lines stopping working during power
cuts, has your PTT made provision for that?

  "power cuts"!? What are those!? Just kidding. Our grid has been very,
very reliable, but now with the energy transition that has/will become
worse, because there's too much power (both supply and demand), but too
little grid.

  But to answer your question, I have no idea how that will be
addressed. Currently probably one of the two (mobile/landline) will be
up when the other is down, but in severe cases, both might be down.

  In our case, during a power cut, we also don't have water, because the
pump which has to pump the water up in our appartment building runs on
power and has no battery backup.