>>109106787
We canceled our landline because they randomly would send 911 calls from random numbers every time it rained. I was like ok nope nope nope. Get that shit out of the house.

>>109106787
it's a mix of both ignorance and malice probably

>>109106787
>Doesn't losing this redundancy strike anyone as potentially causing problems down the line?
You're likely not losing any redundancy, you're just witnessing holdouts that haven't been converted until now.
The actual amount of systems that ran simultaneously serving the same area are likely very few.

>>109106787
I think my area finished switching to DMS100's in the 90's. No more 2600hz fun.

>>109106787
>Everything is being converted to digital.
insane that it took this long
if you're really happy about analog you could definitely engineer something better than what we had

it's probably cheaper to give every adult American a Starlink dish at this point though. even the oldest dishes won't be outdated in 20 years time

>>109106920
many such cases!

>>109106787
>losing this redundancy
the redundancy doesn't exist because at some point every landline call is converted to digital anyway
if you're worried about connectivity resilience you're actually arguing for meshnet, more 5G and hardening of digital installations.

In an EMP scenario we are better off with fiber everywhere and hardened transceiver gear, all analog lines would immediately get zapped

look at this dumb bitch
>IT worker
>not smart enough to get the cheapest internet service and set up ooma or build an asterisk box
https://youtu.be/XYq7sCel2VI?t=77

>>109106787
Moscow did not have real landline for a decade. Entire city is FTTH with government-subsidized modems with IP to RJ11 bridges.
Literally every apartment is polluting wifi with its separate network ID.
Another downside is real landline worked during power outages, fiber modems can't.

Ham chads aren't fazed by this normie shit. Ground telephones are still a thing too. Try it out sometime.

>>109106787
Absolutely, but the thing is businesses will likely never lose their copper lines while residential phone lines will always be 'too expensive to upkeep' unless those copper lines are cable internet then there's no problem there.
Plus how will telecom companies continue to scam the government for free cash to 'build fiber networks' if they can't rip out copper lines to push cellular connections to absolutely everyone.

>>109107637
Every fiber distribution cabinet I know has enough batteries to last for a couple of days because of emergency warning systems, you just need a small UPS on your side to keep it going.

>>109107840
incorrect
the telecom companies are the ones badgering the companies they are serving to "upgrade" their copper lines that are usually used for emergency services to shit like AirDial

the residential holdouts have zero power but the companies do unfortunately. both need to move the fuck on and embrace the new tech

the whole "telephone lines stay up during storms and emergencies" is absolute bullshit, the telecom facilities can lose power too and if you've ever lived through a hurricane you know that if your local station loses power you only get analog for about 8-12 hours before it goes down.

there's absolutely zero justification for keeping this shit around

>>109106787
AI replaces landlines.

>>109107636
>worked in IT
>never wants people to be able to call them whenever they want ever again
Checks out honestly.

>>109108934
>the whole "telephone lines stay up during storms and emergencies
Is boomers not understanding backup power. The exchange has a backup
>but I will lose power
So we install a battery just for your phone gramps
>huh
Yeah we power the box you plug your phone into with a small UPS. Problem fucking solved retard.

>>109106787
we have more redundancy now. there's cable internet, there's satellite internet and there are mobile networks.
none of that was a common thing 50 years ago.