tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3993498847203183398.post7544714600193019661..comments2024-03-28T09:19:27.451+00:00Comments on RevK<sup>®</sup>'s ramblings: The death of the land line?RevKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12369263214193333422noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3993498847203183398.post-51120839659700382732016-07-01T06:59:25.131+01:002016-07-01T06:59:25.131+01:00Actually that is a more general issue that we do n...Actually that is a more general issue that we do not have a call progress tone in UK. If you leave silence too long then people give up so you need something whilst trying to connect and taking too long so ringing is the best compromise. In other countries you get a call progress tone then either ring or busy.RevKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12369263214193333422noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3993498847203183398.post-14815787989969977522016-06-30T21:02:15.102+01:002016-06-30T21:02:15.102+01:00I don't think mobile is yet up to spec... had ...I don't think mobile is yet up to spec... had an issue the other day contacting a work colleague, the phone tone signals did something I know to be physically impossible: Ring, then Number busy. <br /><br />No, once the line is ringing, you have the connection locked down till you hang up or the exchange times out. So I have NO idea what O2 was trying to tell me by 'ring ring... ring...beep beep beep beep' (other than 'we don't understand telephones'Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03296690986978087033noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3993498847203183398.post-41352365060640112732016-06-29T07:01:12.479+01:002016-06-29T07:01:12.479+01:00I think that was a real landline at the lodge so j...I think that was a real landline at the lodge so just for us, but really, would any business even a hotel use old fashioned land lines for their normal telecoms? We, at home, have used VoIP for a decade at least.RevKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12369263214193333422noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3993498847203183398.post-88378810622216463252016-06-29T00:04:29.171+01:002016-06-29T00:04:29.171+01:00Those charges are an absolute shocker, but it must...Those charges are an absolute shocker, but it must be borne in mind that the hotel may only have 1 or 2 landlines and if guests are talking endlessly on the phone, the lines may be blocked for incoming calls such reservations etc. The charges could just be meant as a disincentive to use the land line for too long.RSchuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06595169738713509573noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3993498847203183398.post-76962347630433772362016-06-28T14:07:39.315+01:002016-06-28T14:07:39.315+01:00Agreed - until I recently changed suppliers I had ...Agreed - until I recently changed suppliers I had a line but I only had calls from one international friend, and my mum. 95% of the incoming calls were spam of some kind or another - didn't even bother answering it most of the time it rang.Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16847194055312933905noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3993498847203183398.post-27169374312722008202016-06-28T11:00:04.910+01:002016-06-28T11:00:04.910+01:00Could you not of used the landline for a dial-up c...Could you not of used the landline for a dial-up connection (do they still exist)?Alrockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05036824899611637886noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3993498847203183398.post-21782120339173619982016-06-28T10:50:01.501+01:002016-06-28T10:50:01.501+01:00Congratulations.
Those phone prices are a joke, e...Congratulations.<br /><br />Those phone prices are a joke, especially considering they weren't providing wifi for you (add to that the location has a poor mobile signal and you were basically held to ransom if you needed to use the phone or otherwise communicate)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15717592062414307952noreply@blogger.com