Reply 20 of 34, by sliderider
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wrote:Here in Scandinavia they are closing down the whole dialup telephone system in two-three years time. From then on it will only be mobile, broadband and IP telephone. Rural and old people who only have regular fixed phone will get a replacement that is either IP or mobilephone based (with adapters to those that want to continue using their old phones). If this goes smooth I guess all the big countries will learn and follow very soon.
Soon it will be impossible to even test these modems.
I wonder if they realize that telephones provide their own power for operation over the telephone lines. That is why you can still use the telephone when the power goes out. If they eliminate the old style phones and there is large scale power outage, telephone service will also go down because every telephone will need to be plugged into a wall outlet either permanently or for charging. I wonder how many people will end up dying when some natural disaster strikes that knocks out the power grid because they weren't able to phone for help because their telephone did not have power.