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