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Landline Phone Q: Why is the phone line plugged into modem-not wall?
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[QUOTE="pbuk, post: 6825948, member: 385977"] Oh there's never a shortage of opportunities to educate Americans :wink: Traditional landlines in the UK are similar to the US with 50-60V on the line. In the UK there are few dual-cabled domestic premises: this is generally only where there were cable TV networks that now provide TV/Broadband/Voice services alongside the former GPO cabling (some of which has been upgraded to fibre). There is much less [S]demand for[/S] provision of IP-only services in the UK (so far), partly because most landline (and most mobile) packages include free calls to anywhere in the UK (although standing charges are high) so there is less demand, but also because rollout by the monopoly supplier is slow. No, however most broadband packages come with an all-purpose phone service included. For fully digital services I believe it is a requirement to provide 1-hour battery backup for vulnerable customers only, however all the informaton on the regulator Ofcom's site is over a decade old. Summary: the situation in the UK is just as much of a mess as the US, just a different mess. [/QUOTE]
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