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From: "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid>
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Subject: Re: Codes sent by text message
Date: Thu, 14 Mar 2024 22:12:19 +0100
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On 2024-03-14 21:23, Frank Slootweg wrote:
> Carlos E.R. <robin_listas@es.invalid> wrote:
>> On 2024-03-13 19:29, Frank Slootweg wrote:
>>> Carlos E.R. <robin_listas@es.invalid> wrote:
>>> [...]
>>>
>>> [About 'landlines':]
>>>
>>>> I don't know about UK, but here in Spain all clients on fibre have a
>>>> VoIP system, hidden. At the home, there is a device called ONT (Optical
>>>> network terminal), which can be integrated on the router, that converts
>>>> the phone over IP signals to an RJ-11 where we connect our traditional
>>>> phone terminals.
>>>
>>>     I (in The Netherlands) have the same kind of setup on our (coax, HFC)
>>> cable connection and I indeed connect the (DECT) phone to the RJ-11 of
>>> the modem/router.
>>>
>>>     Ours is indeed a 'landline' and has a city-based landline number
>>> (non-06), not a mobile number (06).
>>>
>>>     OTOH, the phone is a 'mobile' phone, just not very mobile! :-)
>>
>> Yep, same thing here.
>>
>> I forgot to mention that this "advancement" means that the phone dies if
>> the house power fails, unless you invest on an UPS for the router. So
>> you can not call the electrician.
> 
>    Yes, in Australia, a subscriber can get (or gets by default?) a UPS as
> part of the set up of such 'landlines' on the fibre NBN (National
> Broadband Network).

An UPS should not be needed. Instead, the hardware should have 
batteries. Way more efficient.

> 
>    Next thing, users connect their DECT phones, which also need power,
> but which are not connected to the UPS. Guess what happens in case of a
> power failure? :-) (Yes, I've seen it with my very eyes.)

-- 
Cheers, Carlos.