VOIP and old phones [telecom]

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VOIP and old phones [telecom] <bobgoudreau 02-18-2008
Posted by on February 18, 2008, 7:26 pm
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Lisa Hancock wrote:

> Another example: I have a 2500 Touch Tone phone that is 30 years old
> and works perfectly fine. But there are those out there who want to
> make it obsolete and force me to make my voice calls via VOIP.

I'm a little confused by this non-sequitur. Why would your old
Touch-Tone phone care about the details of your back-end connection to
the PSTN (copper to the CO vs. VOIP)? How could it tell?

I got VOIP fromTime-Warner Cable more than four years ago and did not
have to change any of the phone instruments in the house. That
includes the early-1980s Bell Touch-Tone desk phone that we have in
the basement. Going to VOIP didn't change my internal wiring at all;
it only required connecting that internal loop to the cable modem.

Bob Goudreau
Cary, NC


NMFall 20%
Posted by John Levine on February 18, 2008, 8:09 pm
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>> Another example: I have a 2500 Touch Tone phone that is 30 years old
>> and works perfectly fine. But there are those out there who want to
>> make it obsolete and force me to make my voice calls via VOIP.
>
> I'm a little confused by this non-sequitur. Why would your old
> Touch-Tone phone care about the details of your back-end connection to
> the PSTN (copper to the CO vs. VOIP)? How could it tell?

I have a VoIP phone that has an RJ45 ethernet jack on the back, not a RJ11
phone jack. I also have some VoIP terminal adapters that have an RJ45 on
one side and an RJ11 on the other, for backward compatibility. That's
what your telco gave you.

Both have their advantages. You can do more interesting things with a
direct net connection, but Mickey Mouse phones only come with RJ11's.

R's,
John


Posted by on February 18, 2008, 11:22 pm
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> Lisa Hancock wrote:
> > Another example: I have a 2500 Touch Tone phone that is 30 years old
> > and works perfectly fine. But there are those out there who want to
> > make it obsolete and force me to make my voice calls via VOIP.
>
> I'm a little confused by this non-sequitur. Why would your old
> Touch-Tone phone care about the details of your back-end connection to
> the PSTN (copper to the CO vs. VOIP)? How could it tell?

That was an error on my part.


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