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VoIP. Is Phone by Wire Nearly Dead?

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Hard wired phone lines. Just how long will we have them? And just how many metres of cable are there on those big pictured cable drums?

http://www.talktechdaily.com/new-phone-system/uk/?t202id=866&h=45&ia=phone34-1&t202kw=ta-ph-d044-2&c1=rt-rtcom&c5=Phone+UK+Desk&eid=CjBjYWExNDFmOS00MzhmLTQyMDgtYTI5Yi1iYmIzNjJkM2E2MGQtdHVjdDJjY2M5YmISFmNvbnN1bWVyZGFpbHktY2FibGUtc2M



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    Back in the 80s I was involved with the Royal Observer Corps. We had reporting posts scattered all over the UK each linked by traditional phone lines from exchanges which were -at the time- still mostly Strowger type electro mechanical and thus quite resilient to the effects of EMP from nuclear bursts. The battery backup in the smaller exchanges was reckoned to be okay for about a week.

    Now everything is digital/electronic and apparently with the resilience of a chocolate teapot to anything resembling stray voltages: some years ago a site I look after had 2 lightning strikes on two nearby buildings. The electromechanical exchange was untouched apart from some surge protectors popping and a few mains fuses needed replacement around the site. Another nearby site which was mostly electronic were almost wiped out.

    Does this mean any third world dictator with a nuke or two could bring the whole of europe to a grinding halt?
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    Back in the 80s I was involved with the Royal Observer Corps. We had reporting posts scattered all over the UK each linked by traditional phone lines from exchanges which were -at the time- still mostly Strowger type electro mechanical and thus quite resilient to the effects of EMP from nuclear bursts. The battery backup in the smaller exchanges was reckoned to be okay for about a week.

    Now everything is digital/electronic and apparently with the resilience of a chocolate teapot to anything resembling stray voltages: some years ago a site I look after had 2 lightning strikes on two nearby buildings. The electromechanical exchange was untouched apart from some surge protectors popping and a few mains fuses needed replacement around the site. Another nearby site which was mostly electronic were almost wiped out.

    Does this mean any third world dictator with a nuke or two could bring the whole of europe to a grinding halt?
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