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Old May 19th 18, 11:21 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
Ken Blake[_5_]
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On Sat, 19 May 2018 11:27:43 -0400, Keith Nuttle
wrote:

I do not have Spectrum cable nor do I plan to get it.

However I do have a problem with Spectrum Cable. The house next door
(Its a new House) recently got Spectrum cable. Rather than bury the
line as they should have they laid it on the ground in the weeds on the
lot line. It has been this way since Christmas when it was installed,

Twice now I have gotten into this cable with the lawn mower when I am
mowing in that area.

Does anyone know of a way to report problem with their system to
Spectrum IF you are not a subscriber.

I contacted the electrical power company and they say the cable is not
there's

The alternative is to forget about it and if it gets cut, it gets cut.
It is not to my house.




Why not ask your next door neighbors to take care of it, and warn them
of the danger if they don't?
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Old May 19th 18, 11:39 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
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Default Slightly of topic Spectrum Cable

"Ken Blake" wrote

| Ooo! Tell me how! That could be useful.
| No one I know has a landline, including me.
|
| I do (if you consider VoIP a landline).
|

I have a regular landline. Most people I
know have both. Some people I know can't
get service at home. There are still a lot of
rural areas that aren't covered, and no one
wants to bother to do it.

There's also the fact that landlines simply
work better. It's ridiculous how often people
call me from their cellphones and the call keeps
cutting out. Then they get impatient with me:
"I don't know. It always works..." As if to say
it must be a problem with my landline!

In every case, they can't admit that
walking around with a radio-based phone
just doesn't work very well.


  #18  
Old May 20th 18, 12:26 AM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
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Default Slightly of topic Spectrum Cable

In article , Paul in Houston TX
wrote:

Finding the number of someone's cell phone is next to impossible.


i didn't say cellphone, but regardless, finding a cellphone number is
just as easy.


Ooo! Tell me how! That could be useful.
No one I know has a landline, including me.


public data, and without a landline it's actually easier. one less
number to find.
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Old May 20th 18, 12:26 AM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
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In article , Mayayana
wrote:

I have a regular landline. Most people I
know have both. Some people I know can't
get service at home. There are still a lot of
rural areas that aren't covered, and no one
wants to bother to do it.


the number of people who *don't* have a landline anymore is now higher
than those who do, and that number continues to grow.

here's two year old data:
https://amp.businessinsider.com/imag...8b5136-1136-85
2.png

There's also the fact that landlines simply
work better.


that's not a fact. sometimes they do and sometimes they don't.

It's ridiculous how often people
call me from their cellphones and the call keeps
cutting out. Then they get impatient with me:
"I don't know. It always works..." As if to say
it must be a problem with my landline!


don't dismiss all cellphones because some people call from a fringe
area.

In every case, they can't admit that
walking around with a radio-based phone
just doesn't work very well.


they normally work very well, and in some cases (hd voice), better than
a landline, but like everything, nothing is perfect.
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Old May 20th 18, 05:48 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
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Default Slightly of topic Spectrum Cable

nospam wrote:
In article , Mayayana
wrote:


I have a regular landline. Most people I
know have both. Some people I know can't
get service at home. There are still a lot of
rural areas that aren't covered, and no one
wants to bother to do it.


the number of people who *don't* have a landline anymore is now higher
than those who do, and that number continues to grow.


here's two year old data:
https://amp.businessinsider.com/imag...8b5136-1136-85
2.png


There's also the fact that landlines simply
work better.


that's not a fact. sometimes they do and sometimes they don't.


It's ridiculous how often people
call me from their cellphones and the call keeps
cutting out. Then they get impatient with me:
"I don't know. It always works..." As if to say
it must be a problem with my landline!


don't dismiss all cellphones because some people call from a fringe
area.


In every case, they can't admit that
walking around with a radio-based phone
just doesn't work very well.


they normally work very well, and in some cases (hd voice), better than
a landline, but like everything, nothing is perfect.


Landlines are useful for emergencies since emergency responders already
know the locations easily.

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Old May 20th 18, 05:58 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
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In article , Ant
wrote:

Landlines are useful for emergencies since emergency responders already
know the locations easily.


they also know the location of cellphones via e911.

landlines don't always work:
http://money.cnn.com/2013/07/22/tech...ss-sandy/index.
html
Last fall, Superstorm Sandy wiped out landline telephone service for
thousands of people. Many of them are never getting those landlines
back.

post-sandy, a 'landline' is actually wireless:
On Fire Island, N.Y., off the southern coast of Long Island, Verizon
is replacing its copper landlines with a wireless telephone system
called Voice Link. The new system consists of a small modem-sized
device that plugs into an electrical outlet and a standard telephone
jack in your wall at home. That device connects to Verizon's wireless
cellular network, which brings phone service and a dial tone to the
existing cord or cordless phones in the home. Customers can use it to
make calls, and it and offers services like call waiting, caller ID
and voice mail.
  #22  
Old May 20th 18, 06:02 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
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Default Slightly of topic Spectrum Cable

"Ant" wrote

| Landlines are useful for emergencies since emergency responders already
| know the locations easily.
|

Yes. And for blackouts. Though our landline now
goes through the cable wire. We supposedly have
8 hours battery backup, but that wouldn't be much
help in a hurricane or blizzard that knocks things
out for days or weeks. I'm afraid the dependability
of true landline is becoming a thing of the past. It
costs phone companies more money to support and
they typically get paid less for it.

In theory I could switch to a Verizon landline. The
wire is still there. But Verizon is trying to back out
of support, and if you call them all they want to
talk about is their wildly overpriced FIOS.



  #23  
Old May 20th 18, 06:12 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
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Default Slightly of topic Spectrum Cable

On 05/20/2018 12:02 PM, Mayayana wrote:
"Ant" wrote

| Landlines are useful for emergencies since emergency responders already
| know the locations easily.
|

Yes. And for blackouts. Though our landline now
goes through the cable wire. We supposedly have
8 hours battery backup, but that wouldn't be much
help in a hurricane or blizzard that knocks things
out for days or weeks. I'm afraid the dependability
of true landline is becoming a thing of the past. It
costs phone companies more money to support and
they typically get paid less for it.


I have the same. That battery backup time doesn't matter after 4 hours,
because that's how long the battery in the node lasts. When we had a
long outage, it was a whole day before the cable company put a generator
on the node.

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Old May 20th 18, 06:32 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
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In article , Mayayana
wrote:

| Landlines are useful for emergencies since emergency responders already
| know the locations easily.

Yes. And for blackouts. Though our landline now
goes through the cable wire. We supposedly have
8 hours battery backup, but that wouldn't be much
help in a hurricane or blizzard that knocks things
out for days or weeks.


in other words, cellphone.

nothing is guaranteed to work 100% of the time.

I'm afraid the dependability
of true landline is becoming a thing of the past. It
costs phone companies more money to support and
they typically get paid less for it.


it's also overloaded and can't support the internet speeds customers
want.

gone are the days when there was only one, perhaps two, phones per
house, used only for voice calls and the occasional dial-up modem call.

In theory I could switch to a Verizon landline. The
wire is still there. But Verizon is trying to back out
of support, and if you call them all they want to
talk about is their wildly overpriced FIOS.


it's cheap for new customers, then when the promo expires (assuming
they don't have a retention deal), cancel and sign up again to get
another new customer promo, which is probably cheaper and faster than
what existed 1-2 years prior.
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Old May 20th 18, 11:12 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
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Default Slightly of topic Spectrum Cable

On Sun, 20 May 2018 11:48:22 -0500, (Ant) wrote:

nospam wrote:
In article , Mayayana
wrote:


I have a regular landline. Most people I
know have both. Some people I know can't
get service at home. There are still a lot of
rural areas that aren't covered, and no one
wants to bother to do it.


the number of people who *don't* have a landline anymore is now higher
than those who do, and that number continues to grow.


here's two year old data:
https://amp.businessinsider.com/imag...8b5136-1136-85
2.png


There's also the fact that landlines simply
work better.


that's not a fact. sometimes they do and sometimes they don't.


It's ridiculous how often people
call me from their cellphones and the call keeps
cutting out. Then they get impatient with me:
"I don't know. It always works..." As if to say
it must be a problem with my landline!


don't dismiss all cellphones because some people call from a fringe
area.


In every case, they can't admit that
walking around with a radio-based phone
just doesn't work very well.


they normally work very well, and in some cases (hd voice), better than
a landline, but like everything, nothing is perfect.


Landlines are useful for emergencies since emergency responders already
know the locations easily.


In New Zealand if you call the emergency number from your cell phone
your location will come up with the call. There is one exception:
Apple has blocked their phones from passing on this information.
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