[GTALUG] Landline and Bell revisited.

[Karen Lewellen]

The key word is that you cannot conceive of what would cause my brain 
issues...you are not a medical professional.
The  ability to even capture auditory processing disorders, mine came via 
a  slight stroke in a surgery, did not even exist ten years ago.
I respect our professional background in your field..but that does not make 
you  an expert in
  others.
That you cannot conceive of my situation does not  mean anything 
important here , because you are not a medical professional.
Please stop trivializing my circumstance by outlining your expertise as if 
it  carried any weight..it does not.
I am personally very tired of hiving to defend explain and micromanage my 
body to techs who claim to know more than medical tests because they have 
never seen it before.


On Thu, 7 Sep 2023, James Knott wrote:

> On 2023-09-07 10:35, Karen Lewellen wrote:
>>  may I ask what method of suicide will be best then?
>>  From what you say, in spite of the aquired brain injury I currently
>>  experience, and its medical documentation, my being able to use analog
>>  phone service until less than a year ago,  and the like, my body is too
>>  much trouble to keep alive, no longer can communicate with the outside
>>  world safely, do my job, etc without the seizures all VOIp services cause
>>  me..with tests to support this.
>>  Seems like a fine time to go according to you,  since according to you, 
>>  I cannot achieve what I have done just fine, even with the physical
>>  resources for it here in my house, or existing analog customers being
>>  around 
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> First off, I cannot comment on your health issues.  However, I can comment 
> on telecom issues, having worked in the field for over half a century.  The 
> world is moving to IP for just about everything and that over fibre.  
> Carriers, such as Bell or Rogers, run fibre out into the community, in some 
> cases converting to copper in the neighbourhood and more and more often 
> directly in the consumer's home or office.
> Second, I first came across digital audio, for phone service in 1975 and it's 
> been growing ever since.  A bit about me, I started working in telecom in 
> 1972.  I spent 23 years working for CN Telecommunications, CNCP and Unitel, 
> as the company ownership changed.  Most of that time I worked as a 
> technician, but for my last 5 years, I was in planning, where I planned the 
> installation of telecom equipment, both in the office at 151 Front St. W. as 
> well as customer sites in downtown Toronto.  Even back then, everything I 
> worked on was 100% digital.  That was almost 30 years ago.  Since then, my 
> work has been largely services provided over IP, including voice.  It been 
> years since I've seen voice provided over anything other than IP.  Even some 
> of the old Time Division Multiplex (TDM) services were emulated over IP.
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> As someone with all that experience, I cannot conceive of anything that would 
> contribute to your issues, other than possibly getting a CODEC that tries to 
> minimize bandwidth to the point that it causes noticeable distortion.  With 
> the bandwidth available now, there's no reason for such CODECs to be used.
>
> Regardless, I wouldn't be surprised if Bell is unable to provide what you 
> want.  I know Rogers can't.  Even if Bell were able to provide it, your 
> calls would be analog only as far as their office, if that far.  Everything 
> beyond would be digital, likely over IP.
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