On Monday 21 November 2022 02:24:12 deloptes wrote:
William Morder via tde-users wrote:
The rule of smartphones has indirectly interfered with my travel plans, with my work, my finances, and I am trying to extricate myself from this trap. Since I cannot, at present, get rid of my smartphone completely, then the next best thing is to try to get control over it.
Technology is changing anyway and moving to LTE VoIP. Which means that the smart phone will become an internet device with SIP client anyway. In the US 3G is disabled and probably later 4G.
The land lines moved in the past years to SIP anyway.
I guess it is the costs that is driving the providers to move in this direction.
So Linphone (for example) is maybe where I ought to move in the future for my phone. I already have it installed on both smartphones and my laptop, but none of my contacts use it.
There is a way to use VOIP/SIP phones not just to call other users of Linphone, but like an actual phone, to call regular numbers. But one must get a monthly service, which is inexpensive, and of course internet is necessary for them to work. But if I can get internet wherever I am going, then this will work.
I am curious how this change will happen. As things stand now, VOIP/SIP only works with internet. What about the old folks who still have their landline, haven't figured out how to work a cell phone, and are afraid to go online?
Bill