On 12/14/2014 12:56 AM, Char Jackson wrote:
On Sun, 14 Dec 2014 06:53:51 +0200, Steve Hayes
wrote:

What is "cable" and how does it differ from a "landline"?
Cable, in this context, refers to a service provider who historically
delivered television programming over a cable system, rather than over the
air. Toward the end of the last century, most cable TV providers upgraded
their cable plants in order to be able to offer Internet access over the
same physical cables as they'd been delivering TV up to that point. Soon
after, the cable providers offered phone service over those cables, as well.

Landline, on the other hand, typically refers to wired telephone service
provided by a traditional telephone company, some of whom are now offering
television programming and of course Internet access over their lines.

Here in the States, most Internet access is via "cable", or in other words
via the local cable company. DSL via a phone company runs a distant second.
In other parts of the world, DSL is the dominant provider.

The nice thing about cable here in the States is that it tends to be much
faster than DSL, albeit at a somewhat higher cost.

Does this "cable" somehow not exist on land, is it that oxymoron, a "wireless
cable"?
It's coaxial, and it may be strung on poles or buried in the ground.

In my understanding, you either have "landline" or "wireless". If it has a
wire, it must go across the land.
The third option, which may not be available where you live, is "cable".


If you live somewhere where you're required to buy POTS service in order to
get DSL, well shame on your phone company, but the other thing is that VoIP
phone service may not make sense in that case since you already have phone
service, unless you just want free long distance or free 'in network'
calling around the world.

We travelled in our RV last winter to Florida; we stayed in park
where there was no cable service. We had to settle for "dry" DSL which
wasn't so dry because we had to take a phone. That little experience
ended up costing 60.00 a month, but it was better and faster,more secure
and less costly than the mobile hotspot we had.

The best part was the fact that Verizon apparently "sold" our new phone
number to local businesses. I must have gotten 10 calls a day
congratulating us on the purchase of our new home. And, even though we
were customers of Verizon in another state, we had to suffer through a
credit check with someone who barely had command of the English
language. We got home and cancelled our Verizon service and chose Ooma
and couldn't be happier.

I think the subject of this thread got lost along time ago, so I don't
feel bad about asking. Has anyone here ever bought a PC from Digital Storm?

D.