Great. Skype is down.

Re:Great. Skype is down. by bobbyi on Wednesday December 22, 2010 @05:32PM (#2032719)

Landlines are from a different era of expected reliability. They carry their own power because it was considered too unreliable to depend on your home's electricity.

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Re:Great. Skype is down. by aw3c2 on Wednesday December 22, 2010 @07:05PM (#2033018)

And that is a very healthy precaution. I really do not want to lose that security.

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Re:Great. Skype is down. by riffraff on Thursday December 23, 2010 @04:16AM (#2033976)

but it's not so necessary anymore. If my home line is down (which can happen since it's over ip), with a simple power outage, I can still call with my mobile. If my mobile is out of battery I can call with my girlfriend's mobile. Then the neighbours.

We have highly redundant communication systems compared to when landlines were the only option and SPOF in the building.

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Re:Great. Skype is down. by piramida on Thursday December 23, 2010 @07:21AM (#2034209)

If your home line is down and nearby cell stations are not operational, then what? Pigeons? :)

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Re:Great. Skype is down. by riffraff on Thursday December 23, 2010 @10:52AM (#2034706)

It depends: what is the occasion in which the power grid goes down (or your IP carrier is down) and multiple mobile operators are down? Let's say: flooding, earthquake, riots, evil government shutting down telcos.

Then there is a high chance that also my land line would be down.

Thinking of it, I must get some homing pigeons _now_ ;)

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