• Re: 'phoneboxes?

    From The Natural Philosopher@tnp@invalid.invalid to uk.telecom,uk.telecom.voip on Fri Feb 20 20:37:54 2026
    From Newsgroup: uk.telecom

    On 20/02/2026 12:03, Theo wrote:
    In uk.telecom The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> wrote:
    On 19/02/2026 23:01, Theo wrote:
    In uk.telecom.voip The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> wrote: >>>> On 19/02/2026 13:26, Theo wrote:
    OR have a product 'SOTAP for Analogue' which allows an (typically elderly)
    subscriber to keep their copper line and existing equipment but do the VOIP
    conversion in the network - eg at the exchange or VDSL cabinet. I would not
    be surprised if older payphones are handled the same way.

    so how does FTTP work with no copper no exchange and no cabinet?

    They leave a cabinet in place to supply the phone box with a copper phone >>> line. The cabinet will already have fibre and power.

    so what does the copper connect to?


    "but do the VOIP conversion in the network"

    ie the cabinet contains an ATA that translates between POTS and FTTP.

    Except currently it doesn't
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