Customer-friendly word for "landline"

[Scott Prentice]

Keep in mind your underlying reason for trying to differentiate between 
different types of phone systems. Just because a phone is "wired" 
doesn't mean that it's POTS .. an IP-based phone system may look just 
like a POTS system, but technically, isn't (is VOIP considered a 
"landline" .. I dunno). Also, you might have a "mobile" phone that's not 
really cellular, but radio or other form of "wireless". I'm no expert in 
these things, but the line isn't always clear, especially to the average 
reader.

I'd be careful in even bothering to differentiate between the various 
systems unless it is really crucial to what you're documenting. No 
matter how you describe it, unless you go into great technical detail, 
it's likely to be confusing or wrong for some situations.

Cheers,

...scott


Böðvar Björgvinsson wrote:
> What is wrong with landline? Is it bad that it is easily
> understandable? Should you really try to find a word that no none
> understands without a Masters degree in English?
>
> It seems to me that there is an ongoing snob for Latin-based words,
> acronyms (Latin) and abbreviations (Latin) (or shorts (Humanly
> understandable language)) in England and the US, which means that you
> have to constantly refer to a dead language. How much time, effort and
> ink do you think is spent on explaining "English" words to the
> English-speaking?
>
> Let's use the simple words when we can.
>
> KISS
>
> Bodvar Bjorgvinsson
>
> 2011/2/4 Syed Zaeem Hosain (Syed.Hosain at aeris.net) <Syed.Hosain at aeris.net>:
>   
>> We mostly use "wireless" and "wireline" to distinguish the two (my company is in the wireless data business for cellular).
>>
>> On fewer occasions, simply "landline" and "POTS".
>>
>> Depends on the audience. :)
>>
>> Z
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of John Posada
>> Sent: Thursday, February 03, 2011 2:03 PM
>> To: Alan T Litchfield
>> Cc: framers at lists.frameusers.com; Butler, Darren J CTR USAF AFMC WR-ALC/ENGLTB
>> Subject: Re: Customer-friendly word for "landline"
>>
>> Maybe nothing, just exploring alternative...look like there really aren't any...thanks anyway
>>
>> On Thu, Feb 3, 2011 at 4:59 PM, Alan T Litchfield <alan at alphabyte.co.nz> wrote:
>>     
>>> Telephone?
>>>
>>> What's wrong with landline?
>>>
>>> Alan
>>>       
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