14 Sep
2013
14 Sep
'13
10:16 a.m.
On Friday 13 September 2013 09:47:46 Bob van der Poel
did opine:
Funny, or sad ... in the 60s and 70s phone companies boasted about the
fidelity and robustness of their landlines, and now we need to put up
with the crappy cell phone (which sounds like shit, and drops calls
more frequently than a whore's drawers). Stereo systems were installed
and balanced to a room, now it's a $20 pair of ear buds on a phone
playing a lo-res mp3.
A bit off-topic, but if I never have to use a crackly lo-fi landline again I'll be
quite happy. I haven't had a phone plugged in to mine for several years, and the only
reason I still have a copper pair running to the house is that it's the only way to
get broadband out here. I don't believe I actually have a landline phone to plug into
it any more.
In a month or so when I change phone contracts I'm going to stick a 3G router up on
the mast and ditch ADSL and the expensive crappy landline altogether.
--
Gordonjcp MM0YEQ