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From: Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid>
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Subject: Re: Codes sent by text message
Date: 14 Mar 2024 20:23:15 GMT
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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).

  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.)