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Gordon Lowe Send message Joined: 5 Nov 00 Posts: 12094 Credit: 6,317,865 RAC: 0 |
Reach out and touch someone The mind is a weird and mysterious place |
Admiral Gloval Send message Joined: 31 Mar 13 Posts: 20258 Credit: 5,308,449 RAC: 0 |
I have 2 land lines at the house. One is a regular line. The other is a "Digital Subscriber Line". Then there are the mobiles. Hey Chris. I live at a digital data center. 24/7/365 total access. LMAO AND LOL. |
zoom3+1=4 Send message Joined: 30 Nov 03 Posts: 65745 Credit: 55,293,173 RAC: 49 |
Or a cell phone or cable connection... The T1 Trust, PRR T1 Class 4-4-4-4 #5550, 1 of America's First HST's |
Wiggo Send message Joined: 24 Jan 00 Posts: 34744 Credit: 261,360,520 RAC: 489 |
I've got a 3x cordless phone landline system here on mains power, but I also have an older line powered phone for blackouts. Cheers. |
TimeLord04 Send message Joined: 9 Mar 06 Posts: 21140 Credit: 33,933,039 RAC: 23 |
I have Vonage for my home phone service; and I have an AT&T cordless phone system. (A base unit with answering machine, and four cordless handsets.) If power goes out; I have my Vonage voicemail ready to take calls. When power is restored, my AT&T system will tell me if there are any VM's to be retrieved. I haven't had a traditional corded phone for years; however, I do see the need and potential use for it on traditional land line service. However; with Vonage, even a traditional corded phone is useless in a power outage, because the Vonage device needs power and internet to run. TimeLord04 Have TARDIS, will travel... Come along K-9! Join Calm Chaos |
David S Send message Joined: 4 Oct 99 Posts: 18352 Credit: 27,761,924 RAC: 12 |
When I first learned that there was no dial tone on my line without actual phone service, i got a Magic Jack. Plugged it into a computer and signed up. Plugged all the phone wiring in the house into it. Worked fine. Computer and router on a UPS so I would still have phone in case of power outage. Also got a cordless system that not only plugs into a regular phone jack, it also connects to my cell via bluetooth. That way, when I get home I can plug the cell in and leave it, and use the cordless handsets. I also ran an extension cord from the cordless base to the UPS so it would still work. All fine and dandy, until the UPS batteries crapped out. One of these days, I should replace them or the whole unit. And then the city of Naperville said to have the Magic Jack registered with their 911 system, I have to pay a fee. Plus Magic Jack raised its rates, so I just dropped it. (It's still damn cheap; I just decided I don't need it.) David Sitting on my butt while others boldly go, Waiting for a message from a small furry creature from Alpha Centauri. |
zoom3+1=4 Send message Joined: 30 Nov 03 Posts: 65745 Credit: 55,293,173 RAC: 49 |
When I first learned that there was no dial tone on my line without actual phone service, i got a Magic Jack. Plugged it into a computer and signed up. Plugged all the phone wiring in the house into it. Worked fine. Computer and router on a UPS so I would still have phone in case of power outage. Also got a cordless system that not only plugs into a regular phone jack, it also connects to my cell via bluetooth. That way, when I get home I can plug the cell in and leave it, and use the cordless handsets. I also ran an extension cord from the cordless base to the UPS so it would still work. All fine and dandy, until the UPS batteries crapped out. One of these days, I should replace them or the whole unit. And then the city of Naperville said to have the Magic Jack registered with their 911 system, I have to pay a fee. Plus Magic Jack raised its rates, so I just dropped it. (It's still damn cheap; I just decided I don't need it.) Where I live Verizon doesn't replace landlines with new copper, they want to abandon in place landlines, so service got worse and worse, eventually I moved to a cell phone w/Verizon, now I have a cell phone with Virgin Mobile, $20 for 400 minutes and no contract. The T1 Trust, PRR T1 Class 4-4-4-4 #5550, 1 of America's First HST's |
celttooth Send message Joined: 21 Nov 99 Posts: 26503 Credit: 28,583,098 RAC: 0 |
I got a cell phone because the land line people were charging $45.oo a month Canadian! ($12.53 USD) |
Dena Wiltsie Send message Joined: 19 Apr 01 Posts: 1628 Credit: 24,230,968 RAC: 26 |
I got a cell phone because the land line people I am almost $80 a month for the landline but that includes internet and unlimited calling with caller id and forwarding. Because the line might be used to make business calls, I need a clean, Reliable line and from what I have seen of voice over IP, it could use improvement. One day Grainger lost their server and it took out their ordering system and all of their communications. I couldn't call them to place an order or even find out what was wrong. I drove down their to place an order in person and the best I could do was to leave the information and have them enter the order when everything came up. Yes, they made a mistake on the order. I wanted two and they gave me one. Good thing the second one was intended as a spare. |
Uli Send message Joined: 6 Feb 00 Posts: 10923 Credit: 5,996,015 RAC: 1 |
I got a cell phone because the land line people I think you are a bit off on your conversion Ian;) Pluto will always be a planet to me. Seti Ambassador Not to late to order an Anni Shirt |
Admiral Gloval Send message Joined: 31 Mar 13 Posts: 20258 Credit: 5,308,449 RAC: 0 |
I got a cell phone because the land line people Current prices are: 45.00 CAD / 39.63 USD |
celttooth Send message Joined: 21 Nov 99 Posts: 26503 Credit: 28,583,098 RAC: 0 |
I think you are a bit off on your conversion Ian;) Whoops.... |
Wiggo Send message Joined: 24 Jan 00 Posts: 34744 Credit: 261,360,520 RAC: 489 |
Maxwell Smart voice, "Missed by this much." :-D Cheers. |
Jim Martin Send message Joined: 21 Jun 03 Posts: 2473 Credit: 646,848 RAC: 0 |
I read in the latest Scientific American, that (my guess) in about two years, electronic devices will able to be charged without the use of a power cord. The "wireless" portion will be ultrasound transmission, from a power-ultrasound box, to a ultrasound-power box on the particular device. As an aside -- I wonder how the inventors will figure out how to avoid driving nearby dogs crazy. |
Gordon Lowe Send message Joined: 5 Nov 00 Posts: 12094 Credit: 6,317,865 RAC: 0 |
I read in the latest Scientific American, that (my guess) in about two years, And I wonder how safe this is for anyone? The mind is a weird and mysterious place |
Bill Walker Send message Joined: 4 Sep 99 Posts: 3868 Credit: 2,697,267 RAC: 0 |
Why wait 2 years, when you can buy it now? Of course it is terribly wasteful of energy, and generates all sorts of RF fields we don't really understand yet, but hey. That hasn't stopped us before. |
Jim Martin Send message Joined: 21 Jun 03 Posts: 2473 Credit: 646,848 RAC: 0 |
They appear to all be magnetic coupling devices, for power transfer. The ultrasonic ones are not, supposedly, plagued with the drop-off of intensity, with distance, but -- there might be some other safety issues to resolve. I'd have to read more. . . |
rob smith Send message Joined: 7 Mar 03 Posts: 22199 Credit: 416,307,556 RAC: 380 |
Ultra-sound obeys the inverse square law as RF. Its just that they start with a much higher energy density so you don't notice it as much Bob Smith Member of Seti PIPPS (Pluto is a Planet Protest Society) Somewhere in the (un)known Universe? |
Admiral Gloval Send message Joined: 31 Mar 13 Posts: 20258 Credit: 5,308,449 RAC: 0 |
How much better is than the current inductive charging? |
Jim Martin Send message Joined: 21 Jun 03 Posts: 2473 Credit: 646,848 RAC: 0 |
Rob -- You might read, "Wireless Charging with Sound Waves", by Meredith Perry, p. 52, the Scientific American, Dec. 2014 issue. |
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