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On 13/02/2026 16:54, David Higton wrote:

In message <10mlvmo$1hfpc$4@dont-email.me>
"J. P. Gilliver" <G6JPG@255soft.uk> wrote:

Is the entire world going VoIP (or, at least, turning off its POTS)?

Many have already done so. You can deliver VOIP over low bandwidth
internet, over LEO satellite, or over 5G. Yes modern mobile is VOIP!

I'd expect so, wouldn't you? POTS requires a lot of expensive
specialise dinfrastructure to be maintained. Increasing numbers
of people (me included) have ditched land lines, since mobile
phones do the job better. Those who want to retain a service
equivalent to POTS can use VoIP, which uses the same infrastructure
as everything else that moves our data around.

So true, why would any one want a phone that only works when plugged in
to a wall socket...

David

Dave
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David Wade <g4ugm@dave.invalid> writes:

specialise dinfrastructure to be maintained. Increasing numbers
of people (me included) have ditched land lines, since mobile
phones do the job better. Those who want to retain a service
equivalent to POTS can use VoIP, which uses the same infrastructure
as everything else that moves our data around.

So true, why would any one want a phone that only works when plugged
in to a wall socket...

Because you can have a mobile phone aswell, but the landline is better,
because mobile phones are crap.
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