Customer-friendly word for "landline"

John Posada jposada99 at gmail.com
Fri Feb 4 10:18:10 PST 2011


To Vonage and Comcast it is.

>> 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).
>
> No, VoIP is not considerd landline because the Internet connection can be provided to the home (the "customer premises" in the jargon) via twisted pair (ISDN), coaxial cable, optical fiber, or 3G/4G wireless telephony.


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John Posada
http://jposada.zenfolio.com/



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