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On 3/21/2025 7:30 AM, Marco Moock wrote:
On 20.03.2025 21:32 Uhr Monty Solomon wrote:
Rule eliminations make it easier to replace copper networks with
wireless.
Are there any areas where starlink or similar services are not
available or always better?
Copper lines for analog phone are almost useless for current internet communication, as they are far too slow to even handle basic websites.
Even slow DSL nowadays goes in that category.
The rules changes are primarily about voice telephone services. They
allow an incumbent local exchange carrier to discontinue standalone
telephone service under many more circumstances. One change is that they
may now choose to offer telephone service only as part of a bundle, so
if you want dial tone, you have to buy their broadband Internet service.
If you're a senior who doesn't or can't use a computer, for instance, or
a lower-income person who can't afford the bundle, then you will lose
you dial tone service. Don't forget that mobile phone service is not
uniformly available in the US -- it is quite poor in many areas,
especially mountainous ones, and doesn't work well inside many buildings
even in urban areas. And many people can't effectively use a smartphone,
since touch screens require a high level of hand-eye coordination which
fails if your eyesight is bad or your fingers aren't as pointy or
precise as, say, St. Steve the Calligrapher's were. Wireline sets are
thus a necessity for many people.
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Interisle Consulting Group
+1 617 795 2701
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<pre wrap="" class="moz-quote-pre">On 20.03.2025 21:32 Uhr Monty Solomon wrote:
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<pre wrap="" class="moz-quote-pre">Rule eliminations make it easier to replace copper networks with
wireless.
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Are there any areas where starlink or similar services are not
available or always better?
Copper lines for analog phone are almost useless for current internet communication, as they are far too slow to even handle basic websites.
Even slow DSL nowadays goes in that category.
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The rules changes are primarily about voice telephone services. They
allow an incumbent local exchange carrier to discontinue standalone
telephone service under many more circumstances. One change is that
they may now choose to offer telephone service only as part of a
bundle, so if you want dial tone, you have to buy their broadband
Internet service. If you're a senior who doesn't or can't use a
computer, for instance, or a lower-income person who can't afford
the bundle, then you will lose you dial tone service. Don't forget
that mobile phone service is not uniformly available in the US -- it
is quite poor in many areas, especially mountainous ones, and
doesn't work well inside many buildings even in urban areas. And
many people can't effectively use a smartphone, since touch screens
require a high level of hand-eye coordination which fails if your
eyesight is bad or your fingers aren't as pointy or precise as, say,
St. Steve the Calligrapher's were. Wireline sets are thus a
necessity for many people.<br>
<pre class="moz-signature" cols="72">--
Fred R. Goldstein k1io fred "at" interisle.net
Interisle Consulting Group
+1 617 795 2701</pre>
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