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The Free Market Lie: Why Switzerland Has 25 Gbit Internet and America Doesn't (sschueller.github.io)
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[–] 6 points 5 months ago (4 children)

Have you considered porting your landline to a VoIP provider?

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  • [–] 25 points 5 months ago (3 children)

    Yes, I have. But when I noted I was old, I should have added I am also lazy.

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  • [–] 3 points 5 months ago (1 child)

    Benefit of pots is it doesn't go out when the Internet does (unless your provider has a VOIP backend, but usually those would be more robust than your home.)

    It also is a second source of electricity coming into the house should there be a power outage.

    I kind of wish I could have an old school pots line, even though I run my own VOIP system.

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  • [–] 2 points 5 months ago

    All those benefits mattered a lot more before everyone had a phone in their pocket. A power outage that takes out cell towers is also likely to take out the Telco central office.

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