Robert Fenster wrote:
Not using VOIP, (except for Skype, which i use frequently from the
Computer).

As for "never going back to copper for land line phone". Not sure i really
care. I could survive on wireless phone i believe.

I bet if most people add the 30+ or so they pay for landline and added it to
what they are paying for wireless, they could survive on wireless too.

Maybe its a romantic attachement to land lines, but i believe we could do
away with them quite easily.

There is one fairly good reason to retain a copper line if you can.
Copper phone lines can be powered from the head end. Central offices
are equipped with very large generators and banks of wet cell batteries
that help guarantee continuity of service as long as the copper pair is
intact. Even with no power at your home a simple telephone instrument
will keep working for as long as the exchange does.
--
Tom Horne

"This alternating current stuff is just a fad. It is much too dangerous
for general use." Thomas Alva Edison