To: Vendome
“One reason I don’t care for VoIP at home and recommend to my business customers keeping a POTS for contingencies.”
Please treat me like I don’t know jack about these communications (which I don’t). WHAT IS A “VoIP” AND A “POTS”?
48 posted on
03/22/2013 1:54:55 PM PDT by
Marcella
(Prepping can save your life today. Going Galt is freedom.)
To: Marcella
POTS+ Plain Old Telephone Line. It is typically powered by −48V direct current (DC) and backed up by a large bank of batteries (connected in series) and in some cases, an additional electric generator in the local exchange, resulting in continuation of service during most commercial power outages. The subscriber loop typically carries a "load" of about 300 ohms, and does not pose a threat of electrocution to human beings (although shorting the loop can be felt as an unpleasant sensation). VoIP= Voice over Internet Protocol. Powered by yer standard 120/220 volt that runs TV, Fridge and computer. When theyz down, time to break out a book.
54 posted on
03/22/2013 2:14:04 PM PDT by
Vendome
(Don't take life so seriously, you won't live through it anyway)
To: Marcella
VOIP is Voice Over Internet Protocol, Vonage is an example. POTS is Plain Old Telephone Service.
80 posted on
03/22/2013 4:39:28 PM PDT by
Lurker
(Violence is rarely the answer. But when it is it is the only answer.)
To: Marcella
Pots=. Plain old telephone service
VoIP=. Votive over Internet protocol. (Think Vonage, cable TV phone,etc)
117 posted on
03/24/2013 3:03:57 PM PDT by
Vermont Lt
(Does anybody really know what time it is? Does anybody really care?)
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