How does our home phone link to VOIP?

[Sasaferrato]

TBF, so is most of the population.

 

[Sasaferrato]

Fuck off, leave us (approaching) pensioners alone

FBM can't be that far behind surely?

 

[farmerbarleymow]

Fuck off, leave us (approaching) pensioners alone

all cards I enjoy playing

You've admitted basically committing fraud yer wrong 'un.

 

[farmerbarleymow]

FBM can't be that far behind surely?

I'm 21 yer sod.

 

[MickiQ]

I'm 21 yer sod.

Yeah so am I

 

[farmerbarleymow]

Yeah so am I

And Sasaferrato is older by at least three orders of magnitude.

 

[Sasaferrato]

I'm 21 yer sod.

 

[Sasaferrato]

And Sasaferrato is older by at least three orders of magnitude.

 

[cupid_stunt]

I'm 21 yer sod.

 

[WouldBe]

I'm 21 yer sod.

In your head.

 

[farmerbarleymow]

Happy 170,000 year birthday!

 

[cupid_stunt]

I'm 21 yer sod.

You joined here when you were born.

 

[farmerbarleymow]

You joined here when you were born.

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My parents enlisted me in the library as soon as I was born and they also did the same with radical anarchist websites.

 

[ouirdeaux]

If you use an anologue landline you will need to switch to digital before (iirc) a date in 2025.

What's a landline, Granddad?

 

[MickiQ]

What's a landline, Granddad?

The internet cable, back in the Middle (or possibly the Dark) Ages there was a time long long ago when it was also used for phone calls.

 

[ouirdeaux]

there was a time long long ago when it was also used for phone calls.

I can't see how that would work. How would you know that they were there before you phoned them?

 

[WouldBe]

I can't see how that would work. How would you know that they were there before you phoned them?

How do you know someone is there before e-mailing them?

 

[MickiQ]

I can't see how that would work. How would you know that they were there before you phoned them?

It wasn't the most efficient of systems and involved a certain amount of chance and guest work. There was a kind of a code of etiquette whereas if someone else answered you would ask them to tell the person you wanted to speak to call you back. You would do so secure in the knowledge that the chance of this message actually get passed on was minimal.
If the person was there but didn't want to speak to the caller they would make frantic hand gestures and the answerer would lie on their behalf and claim they weren't there. An earlier version of call blocking as it were.

 

[Sasaferrato]

Happy 170,000 year birthday!

You can go off folk you know!

 

[ouirdeaux]

Only natural after a few millennia.

 

[savoloysam]

How do you know someone is there before e-mailing them?

The secret surveillance cameras I have strategically placed all around their house.

 

[Sasaferrato]

In your head.

Aren't we all?

 

[danny la rouge]

In your head.

In your he-ead
In your he-ead
In your he-ead
zombie, zombie, zombie

/Top 50

 

[WouldBe]

The secret surveillance cameras I have strategically placed all around their house.

Why are you wanting to phone someone in the same house?

 

[savoloysam]

Why are you wanting to phone someone in the same house?

Because we don't like each other. A bit like emailing the colleague who sits 3 desks away.

 

[magneze]

As massive change is coming with regard to landline telephony, I can't be the only person who is wondering how it is going to work.

We have a quad system, base station in the hall, three wireless satellites in other rooms.

I've just had a look at the base station, other than a standard phone socket, it has no connection point.

Help please.

Your provider should send instructions. Follow them.

 

[moochedit]

What's a landline, Granddad?

Well yeah a lot of people only have a mobile now so this doesn't affect them. Hence the "if" in my post