NNSquad - Network Neutrality Squad
[ NNSquad ] AT&T Asks FCC to Kill Conventional (POTS) Phone Service
----- Forwarded message from David Farber <dave@farber.net> ----- Date: Sat, 2 Jan 2010 09:08:02 -0500 From: David Farber <dave@farber.net> Subject: [IP] Re: [BarryDGold@ca.rr.com: Re: AT&T Asks FCC to Kill Conventional (POTS) Phone Service] Reply-To: dave@farber.net To: ip <ip@v2.listbox.com> Begin forwarded message: From: Joe Touch <touch@ISI.EDU> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 > Begin forwarded message: > >> *From:* Joe Baptista <baptista@publicroot.org >> <mailto:baptista@publicroot.org>> >> *Date:* December 31, 2009 4:27:25 PM EST >> *To:* Bob Poortinga <nnsquad@k9sql.us <mailto:nnsquad@k9sql.us>> >> *Cc:* <mailto:nnsquad@nnsquad.org>nnsquad@nnsquad.org >> <mailto:nnsquad@nnsquad.org> >> *Subject:* *[ NNSquad ] Re: [BarryDGold@ca.rr.com: Re: AT&T Asks FCC >> to Kill Conventional (POTS) Phone Service]* >> >> POTS is more secure then IP. Getting rid of POTS puts the government >> of the United States in a very vulnerable position with respect to >> national security. POTS is the only reliable service for national >> emergencies. FWIW, POTS is the reason I won't upgrade my phone to FIOS. 8 hours of battery backup simply isn't enough in earthquake territory. I can't understand a sane person giving up copper given the alternatives. Joe ------------------------------------------- Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/247/=now RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/247/ Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com ----- End forwarded message -----