Re:Why are new devices dependent on the Internet but made wi...
by stickfigure on Monday December 14, 2020 @03:39PM
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1) How's landline infrastructure going to hold up to tornadoes?
2) Yes, power goes out too. Cellphones have batteries.
3) Yes, you can dial 911 via "wifi calling". I've done it.
I don't know about "hate" but I do think landlines are overrated. You already have a cellphone. Paying for an extra service and apparatus for the tiny possibility that you need to call 911 when your cellphone can't - why? Who else are you going to call? Do you even know their phone numbers without your cellphone?
I also think you're undervaluing cellphones by assuming they only talk on the cellular network. You just need to get on a data network somewhere and you suddenly have a wide variety of communication options, including phone calls. TCP/IP was designed to withstand nuclear war.
2) Yes, power goes out too. Cellphones have batteries.
3) Yes, you can dial 911 via "wifi calling". I've done it.
I don't know about "hate" but I do think landlines are overrated. You already have a cellphone. Paying for an extra service and apparatus for the tiny possibility that you need to call 911 when your cellphone can't - why? Who else are you going to call? Do you even know their phone numbers without your cellphone?
I also think you're undervaluing cellphones by assuming they only talk on the cellular network. You just need to get on a data network somewhere and you suddenly have a wide variety of communication options, including phone calls. TCP/IP was designed to withstand nuclear war.