• dhork@lemmy.world
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      13 hours ago

      Yes, I have. But when I noted I was old, I should have added I am also lazy.

      • brygphilomena@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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        8 hours ago

        Benefit of pots is it doesn’t go out when the Internet does (unless your provider has a VOIP backend, but usually those would be more robust than your home.)

        It also is a second source of electricity coming into the house should there be a power outage.

        I kind of wish I could have an old school pots line, even though I run my own VOIP system.

        • dhork@lemmy.world
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          6 hours ago

          All those benefits mattered a lot more before everyone had a phone in their pocket. A power outage that takes out cell towers is also likely to take out the Telco central office.