On Wednesday, January 16, 2019 at 12:19:20 PM UTC-5, wrote:
On Wed, 16 Jan 2019 08:18:34 -0500, wrote:

On Wed, 16 Jan 2019 04:51:37 -0500, micky
wrote:

If one has FIOS or some other fiber-optic phone/internet service, what
connects the FIOS box on the wall outside with the FIOS router (or
whatever) next to the computer and the inside phone line?
Is it Cat-5,6? Fiber-optic cable? 4-conductor phone line like has
been used for 80 years (and before that maybe 3-conductor), usually
round and white? If I use Cat-6 will it work better?


My fiber line runs underground to my house - then the conduit rises
above grade and into my house to a fiber-box ONT in my basement
utility room. The ONT looks similar to the one in this thread :

https://www.geekzone.co.nz/forums.as...topicid=190686

The fiber connection into this device is done by the service tech.
I have one phone line out ; one Cat 6 to my internet router on the
main floor ; and one Cat 6 to my TV box.
The service provider included a battery back-up, at no cost, so the
telephone only will continue to function after a power failure -
for emergency calls or to phone the power company.
I like the small local provider very much ; the speed and bundle
pricing is quite good.
John T.



Your phone will work as long as there is power to the concentrator up
the street and all the others until it gets to the central office, as
long as they have power.
For all practical purposes there is no POTS anymore, powered by a big
battery in the central office. Even old style copper wired phones are
still slaves to line powered equipment along the way.

That may be true for some newer POTS, IDK. But it's not true for most
of the POTS out there, ie the installed base. When they went to what
amounts to concentrators
to enable the use of T1 lines back to the central office, that eqpt
was also backed up with batteries or UPS, etc. If you have service
over the old switched telephone system, then it's generally immune
from an AC power outage. That was and is it's one big advantage and
a major reason why people still keep it.