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 ____________________________________________________ tde-users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Web mail archive available at https://mail.trinitydesktop.org/mailman3/hyperkitty/list/users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
