our pots phone and even the dsl carried over it was far more reliable than the current fttn/coax setup we have now.
one outage in the 20 years we had the old phone line and dsl at the office. a cable cut 50 miles away nixed long distance for part of a day. when other providers (cable, wireless, cellular) were down and out, we were always still up and running.
in the year we’ve had the new setup? several all-day outages of all phone and internet (and video for those customers); and many, many others that were less than a whole day or night.
our theory at the time was pots has strict service reliability standards, but other distribution methods do not even when used by a local exchange carrier delivering voice telephone service.
I have a feeling we might need that low tech again in this seemingly crumbling future.
our pots phone and even the dsl carried over it was far more reliable than the current fttn/coax setup we have now.
one outage in the 20 years we had the old phone line and dsl at the office. a cable cut 50 miles away nixed long distance for part of a day. when other providers (cable, wireless, cellular) were down and out, we were always still up and running.
in the year we’ve had the new setup? several all-day outages of all phone and internet (and video for those customers); and many, many others that were less than a whole day or night.
our theory at the time was pots has strict service reliability standards, but other distribution methods do not even when used by a local exchange carrier delivering voice telephone service.