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On Tue, 02 Sep 2014 13:09:48 +0100, Orchid Win7 v1 wrote:
> You'd think that with everybody moving to VOIP, demand for actual
> telephone numbers would be *rapidly decreasing*...
No, because everyone with a VOIP number still needs a POTS number,
because that's all the old system knows.
Jim
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On Wed, 03 Sep 2014 07:43:11 +0100, scott wrote:
>> You'd think that with everybody moving to VOIP, demand for actual
>> telephone numbers would be *rapidly decreasing*...
>
> Also it's stupid how most (all?) broadband providers force you to have a
> phone as well - I suspect a lot of people would be happy to pay a bit
> less and not have a landline at all.
I don't have a landline. Just mobile.
Jim
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On 04/09/2014 03:47 AM, Jim Henderson wrote:
> I don't have a landline. Just mobile.
I would do that, except then I have to stand outside to make phone calls.
(The signal strength outside the building is fine, but inside there's no
reception at all. Presumably because the building is made of metal...)
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On 04/09/2014 03:46 AM, Jim Henderson wrote:
> On Tue, 02 Sep 2014 13:09:48 +0100, Orchid Win7 v1 wrote:
>
>> You'd think that with everybody moving to VOIP, demand for actual
>> telephone numbers would be *rapidly decreasing*...
>
> No, because everyone with a VOIP number still needs a POTS number,
> because that's all the old system knows.
Really? You need an actual phone number to run Skype? That's... that's
like needing a static IP address to use IRC!
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Orchid Win7 v1 <voi### [at] dev null> wrote:
> On 04/09/2014 03:46 AM, Jim Henderson wrote:
> > On Tue, 02 Sep 2014 13:09:48 +0100, Orchid Win7 v1 wrote:
> >
> >> You'd think that with everybody moving to VOIP, demand for actual
> >> telephone numbers would be *rapidly decreasing*...
> >
> > No, because everyone with a VOIP number still needs a POTS number,
> > because that's all the old system knows.
>
> Really? You need an actual phone number to run Skype? That's... that's
> like needing a static IP address to use IRC!
What he means is someone who wants to call you from a non-IP phone has to have a
way to reach you, and yes, you can have a "normal" phone number mapped to your
skype account so people can call you on skype from ordinary phones.
Regards
Aydan
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Le 2014-09-04 03:33, Orchid Win7 v1 a écrit :
> On 04/09/2014 03:47 AM, Jim Henderson wrote:
>> I don't have a landline. Just mobile.
>
> I would do that, except then I have to stand outside to make phone calls.
>
> (The signal strength outside the building is fine, but inside there's no
> reception at all. Presumably because the building is made of metal...)
Or because one of your neighbors is afraid that THEY are listening to
him, so he runs a jammer.
CSB 1:
There was an area close to where my wife used to live that was a
complete dead zone as far as cell phone signals were concerned. We'd
routinely see trucks from the various cell-phone carriers drive by with
all kinds of anntennas on the roofs. They apparently found that the
culprit was some old lady with a malfunctioning black and white TV from
the 60s.
CSB 2:
I have a neighbor who must have a deffective piece of electronics or
very high-powered industrial equipment in his basement as I get regular
burts of EM noise that mess my wifi, 6GHz cordless phone and cell phone
signals equally badly, and it's not something in my house (e.g. fridge
or microwave oven). My wife and I joke that one of our neighbors must
be an alien trying to phone home.
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Le 04/09/2014 09:33, Orchid Win7 v1 a écrit :
> On 04/09/2014 03:47 AM, Jim Henderson wrote:
>> I don't have a landline. Just mobile.
>
> I would do that, except then I have to stand outside to make phone calls.
>
> (The signal strength outside the building is fine, but inside there's no
> reception at all. Presumably because the building is made of metal...)
Remind me of some new Mall place (was it in London ?): they discovered
at the opening of it that it was mobile-wave-proof, no mobile phone
worked inside.
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> CSB 1:
> There was an area close to where my wife used to live that was a
> complete dead zone as far as cell phone signals were concerned. We'd
> routinely see trucks from the various cell-phone carriers drive by with
> all kinds of anntennas on the roofs. They apparently found that the
> culprit was some old lady with a malfunctioning black and white TV from
> the 60s.
When I was a teenager, I would occasionally catch my portable stereo
emitting very quiet, muffled mumblings of human voices. It sounded like
CBR chatter. And there was a house across the street with a radio aerial
that was about 40 feet tall...
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On 04/09/2014 09:32 AM, Aydan wrote:
> Orchid Win7 v1<voi### [at] devnull> wrote:
>> On 04/09/2014 03:46 AM, Jim Henderson wrote:
>>> On Tue, 02 Sep 2014 13:09:48 +0100, Orchid Win7 v1 wrote:
>>>
>>>> You'd think that with everybody moving to VOIP, demand for actual
>>>> telephone numbers would be *rapidly decreasing*...
>>>
>>> No, because everyone with a VOIP number still needs a POTS number,
>>> because that's all the old system knows.
>>
>> Really? You need an actual phone number to run Skype? That's... that's
>> like needing a static IP address to use IRC!
>
> What he means is someone who wants to call you from a non-IP phone has to have a
> way to reach you, and yes, you can have a "normal" phone number mapped to your
> skype account so people can call you on skype from ordinary phones.
Oh, right. Well yes, *clearly* if you want to connect to POTS, you need
a POTS number. I meant, I thought everybody uses Internet chat and video
conferencing now... (Well, perhaps not in business circles, but for
social...)
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On 04/09/2014 19:03, Orchid Win7 v1 wrote:
> I meant, I thought everybody uses Internet chat and video
> conferencing now... (Well, perhaps not in business circles, but for
> social...)
I take it you do?
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Stephen
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