Re: texst to a landline

On 2025-01-04 17:38, Newyana2 wrote:

On 1/4/2025 9:01 AM, Andy Burns wrote:

Newyana2 wrote:
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what Andy described does not exist in the US.
We have basic telephone lines, first installed by Al Bell.
And we now have cellphones

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Until recently DECT phones plug into basic phone lines.
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Since the introduction of VoIP, the DECT base may connect to an analogue adapter, or the adapter may be built-in to the ISP router, or the base may connect to your router via ethernet.
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    The more we talk about this, the more it seems that DECT
merely refers to having a wired base station with wireless
extensions. That's common in the US.

Yes, but the US use typically a different non standard method, each brand its own. Some might actually use DECT.
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Cheers, Carlos.