Path: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Newyana2 Newsgroups: comp.mobile.android Subject: Re: texst to a landline Date: Sat, 4 Jan 2025 15:47:05 -0500 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 28 Message-ID: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Sat, 04 Jan 2025 21:46:30 +0100 (CET) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="d3142400c4837e7f7988697e6f14ebb9"; logging-data="667456"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1+RhC3A793E4MRDptwy4+ycj9KaNOQHEao=" User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64; rv:78.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/78.3.1 Cancel-Lock: sha1:Sg+NawzAW6R+q8jBTbHZfC57cx0= In-Reply-To: Content-Language: en-US Bytes: 2479 On 1/4/2025 1:32 PM, Chris wrote: >> About 1/3 of the US still doesn't even have cell >> access. > > Do you mean geographically or by population? I suspect the former. > Geographically, yes. There are large areas with sparse population and the telcos are not required to reach them. >> I'm not sure, but I think Micky is in the US. Is so then >> he cannot receive texts over his landline He can only >> receive audio. > > As I (and others) have pointed out the system mentioned is an audio call, > not text. He (and you) could receive txt messages via your landlines *if* > your telcos implemented something similar. > Yes, but as far as I know there's no such option. Though it could be handy for situations where companies insist on a 2FA code. Many are happy to send it via email, but at one point I was considering opening an investment account and I couldn't sign up without a cellphone. They won't send codes via audio. I suspect that they just want the cellphone number and to get people using apps, so that they can track their customers and perhaps sell personal data.