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Evslin: Planning for the ugly end of the phone network

Editor’s note: This op-ed is by Tom Evslin, an author and entrepreneur. It first appeared on his blog, Fractals of Change .

Consumers are who have a choice are quickly deciding they don’t need the old copper-based phone network, often known as POTS for Plain Old Telephone Service. We use our cellphones for talking even when we’re not mobile. The cell phones have built in phone directories, easy ways to return calls, the ability to call a number on a web page; and we don’t share them with our parents or children. For those who prefer the traditional form factor, adapters allow ordinary home phones to be used for VoIP at substantially lower prices than what the plain old telephone company charges. It’s a good year for traditional phone companies when they don’t lose more than 10% of their POTS lines.

Once enough consumers have made the switch, the infrastructure which supports POTS will no longer be economically viable. The problem is that there will still be people who are dependent on that infrastructure because they live (or work) in places where neither broadband nor cellular service is available. Predictably, there will be calls for subsidies to the POTS providers because they can’t provide service at a loss; but their customers won’t even be able to call 911 let alone their congress people if service is cut off. The fuss over cutting off analog TV will seem like nothing compared to the fear of people who really might lose their phone service. The pain will be concentrated in rural areas where phone service is already subsidized and Internet and cell service are least likely to be available.

Source: vtdigger.org

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