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From: Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid>
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Subject: Re: texst to a landline
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Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> wrote:
> Jörg Lorenz wrote:
> 
> > Andy Burns wrote:
> >
> >> Aren't DECT phone common over there?  Many of them have SMS capability
> >> when on a PSTN/POTS line.
> > 
> > In Europe IP-Telephone Services are standard. POTS/PSTN does not exist
> > anymore. This dates back to 2017 in the case of Switzerland.


> I think you are overstating the facts, I'm sure most European countries 
> are in the process of migrating to VoIP, as far as I can tell only 
> Germany, the Netherlands and Sweden claim to have completed this, and 
> even then, does "completed" mean absolutely 100%, I doubt it ...

  And even if it's IP telephony, the user end, i.e. the 'last mile' can
still be POTS, i.e. local copper wire and *analog* telephones. For
example my neighbour (in The Netherlands) still has that and she doesn't
want to change and she doesn't have to change.

  OTOH, AFAIK her base-station/handset combination is DECT, so the very
last bit is partly digital, but not IP. Confusing, isn't it!? :-)