[OT] Verizon/FairPoint sale (was: Comcast!?!?)

[Lloyd Kvam]

On Thu, 2007-11-15 at 15:00 -0500, Michael Costolo wrote:
> Couldn't some combination of wireless and VOIP make POTS
> redundant/unnecessary? 

POTS is powered from the Central Office with a UPS that can maintains
service for many hours in the event of a power failure.  The physical
location of the line's endpoint is known and registered for purposes of
emergency response and 911 calls can be routed automatically to a local
responder.

VOIP and cell service do not yet match those POTS features.

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