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Old 05-05-2014, 19:18   #11
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Re: FT: Virgin Media eyes sale of non-cable UK broadband arm.

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Originally Posted by Kushan View Post
In this day and age, there really isn't much need for standard telephone lines when VOIP is much better. Obviously where DSL is concerned, it makes sense to have a phone line but I do wonder what they could do if they didn't have to filter for voice and just used the whole copper line.

Obviously there's a lot to consider, like how the phone line is pretty damn reliable compared to cable or DSL and that's important for a lot of services, but still.
Battery backup on the nodes along with the right configurations can make cable/HFC-based telco hit the 5 9s requirement.

DSL filters a fraction of the available bandwidth for voice, it's really not much at all and won't make much of a difference.
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