Deloptes  wrote:
> Chris Green wrote:
>
> > If it's what we call an ADSL connection here in the UK then symptoms
> > of 'no phone' but 'internet working' are not that rare.  If there's a
> > physical break in the wires then your POTS phone will stop working but
> > because the internet connection uses (moderately) high frequencies the
> > break in the wire just attenuates the signal somewhat but doesn't stop
> > it working completely.
>
> I think nowdays the providers use SIP over dedicated SIP network. If there
> is a POTS somewhere it would be rarity. Even the middle age NCS are being
> decommissioned.

There's lots of POTS phones still here in the UK, at least the last
few miles is still a copper (or if you're unlucky) an aluminium pair.

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Chris Green
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