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Originally Posted by Hugh
Considering that there are over 12 million pensioners in the UK at this time, and from personal experience with aged relatives, not that many are IT-savvy, can you imagine the outcry if BT/VM/etc withdrew landlines, as for many, this is their main way of contacting others.
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VM *are* withdrawing POTS service though.
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Originally Posted by ileikcaek
My assumption is VM can move to packetcable VOIP services relatively easily (I assume this is what will happen anyway because it is common on other cable ISP's), the new modem has two telephone ports, I would guess they could also manufacture a voice gateway 'modem' with telephone port (possibly even with a battery for power outages) for people who just wanted a basic phone service and no internet service.
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Yes, this has been in the works for some time.