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Re:UK ISPs have to stop lying about broadband speeds by signal11 on Thursday May 24, 2018 @06:14AM (#17142611)
Oh that's interesting, I've lived in two FTTH properties in the UK, the ISP installed a battery backup in both properties just for the phone line as otherwise the landline would die if the power went out and apparently that violates some UK law about landline availability.

Given the rate at which people -- especially younger people -- are getting rid of landlines in the UK I suspect in the future this'll be a non-issue. To be honest I'm not sure why I have a landline still.

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Re:UK ISPs have to stop lying about broadband speeds by Rjevski on Thursday May 24, 2018 @06:26AM (#17142653)
Which ISPs was that with?

I’ve never actually had a landline on fiber ever. It was always just standard Ethernet on top of which I run whatever I want (SIP client or WiFi calling).

How was that “landline” working? Do they give you a little converter that turns Ethernet into a standard phone jack (and converts it to SIP internally), or is there some other non-IP based signaling for that voice traffic?

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