Path: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: =?UTF-8?Q?J=C3=B6rg_Lorenz?= Newsgroups: comp.mobile.android Subject: Re: Codes sent by text message Date: Fri, 15 Mar 2024 14:42:42 +0100 Organization: Camembert Normand au Lait Cru Lines: 60 Message-ID: References: <1w4pvoyf4iu0k.6b8awc049ol6$.dlg@40tude.net> <868r2jd3nu.fsf@example.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Fri, 15 Mar 2024 13:42:42 -0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="2e9a584cb02e88533c0be13ada45bb7e"; logging-data="2426762"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1+l4tjrGnYKdzJaXEIUF2mlDXu0sN10Clc=" User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:115.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/115.8.1 Cancel-Lock: sha1:5vY/L/H5XzOGLjDnO924UeIGETI= Content-Language: de-CH, en-GB In-Reply-To: <868r2jd3nu.fsf@example.com> Bytes: 3626 On 15.03.24 14:29, Richmond wrote: > Jörg Lorenz writes: > >> On 15.03.24 12:34, Carlos E.R. wrote: >>> On 2024-03-15 07:42, Jörg Lorenz wrote: >>>> On 14.03.24 21:13, Carlos E.R. wrote: >>>>> On 2024-03-13 21:00, Chris wrote: >>>>>> Carlos E.R. wrote: >>>>>>> On 2024-03-13 09:11, Chris wrote: >>>>>>>> Jörg Lorenz wrote: >>>>>>>>> On 10.03.24 10:44, Bob Henson wrote: >>>>>>>>>> Newyana2 wrote: >>> ... >>> >>>>>>> My understanding is that the UK is doing more or less the same, >>>>>>> and many countries are on the same road. Which means that a lot >>>>>>> of the current phone network is no longer circuit switched. >>>>>> >>>>>> I'm aware of that, but that's the recent (domestic) move away from >>>>>> copper lines and VOIP. >>>>>> >>>>>> Jörg's comment was about the backhaul being ip-based for a much >>>>>> longer period. >>>>> >>>>> It is so in his country, to my understanding. >>>>> >>>>> The Swiss I know have a tendency to think that the changes applied >>>>> in their country have also been applied elsewhere :-D >>>>> >>>>> Like no TV over the air. >>>> >>>> Very Old Style! We use satellite or fibre-based IP-TV. More reliable >>>> and much better quality. >> Tsk, tsk. Actually, in Spain, some >>>> channels transmit in better >> quality >> over the air than via >>>> fibre. Just a fact, they do. >>> >>>> >>>> BTW: Classical TV is a thing of the past. I know you would say >>> that. But it is not classical TV over here, it is digital, and it is >>> going strong. >> >> You do not know what classical TV is: Linear TV. Has nothing to do >> with digital or not. > > I've never come across the term before. I think we would call it > scheduled TV, as opposed to On Demand TV. Old style. My goodness! https://www.vplayed.com/blog/what-is-linear-tv/ > https://target-video.com/what-is-linear-tv/ > > Classic TV is black and white with Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn. Nonsense. -- "Mille viae ducunt hominem per saecula Romam." (Alanus ab Insulis 1120-1202)