On 2018 Apr 06 07:35:04, you wrote to me:   
      
    JD> I probably wasn't clear enough, though.   
      
   maybe... i thought i understood what you were trying to say but i guess not...   
      
    JD> The problem I'm looking at is going from serial connections to analog   
    JD> and back, on both ends, over the PSTN, when there is no copper,   
    JD> analog, or TDM. Where there is no POTS, only fiber, only IP data   
    JD> networking underlying everything. It's not clear to me that such use   
    JD> of voice phone lines will be univerally available.   
      
   AHHH! ok... yeah, you can do this but you will have to deal with the problem of   
    the codecs that the telco's use for encoding the voice traffic over the   
   network... i don't know their names of numbers... that's all confusing for the   
   most part... i know that in some cases, it works and works well aside from the   
   network protocol paradigm that allows for packets to travel via different   
   paths... some have been successful with several of the available VoIP   
   products... others have not... some can only get 9600 while others may see   
   19200 or better... it really depends on the network, the codecs and QOS or   
   similar that may be in play...   
      
    JD> With or without the "repeal" of "Net Neutrality", the economics appear   
    JD> to disencentive support for analog data.   
      
   i think that's a separate thing, altogether... other than maybe restricting   
   VoIP, it should not get in the way...   
      
   )\/(ark   
      
   Always Mount a Scratch Monkey   
   Do you manage your own servers? If you are not running an IDS/IPS yer doin' it   
   wrong...   
   ... For Sale: dining table with two legs and six toes.   
   ---   
    * Origin:  (1:3634/12.73)