Customer-friendly word for "landline"

[Syed Zaeem Hosain (Syed.Hosain@aeris.net)]

Clearly, context matters!

In the business I am in, "wireless" is cellular services (but not necessarily other radios), and "landline" is equivalent to POTS (which includes VOIP service to the house - from Vonage and others). :)

Z

-----Original Message-----
From: framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of John Posada
Sent: Friday, February 04, 2011 10:18 AM
To: Fred Ridder
Cc: framers at lists.frameusers.com
Subject: Re: Customer-friendly word for "landline"

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