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August
30, 2011
Tech Savvy Company Dumps Landline by jabek
Earlier this month a tech-savvy business decided to go completely wireless transferring all communications and internet access to cellular phones and IADS (internet access device/smartphone). To insure continued customer service and so as not to alienate past clients, the business chose to keep their local (land line) phone number.
It is a common practice, allowed by law, to take your current phone number and transfer it to a mobile device. In this age of technology this complete process should only take a couple of hours. However, when dealing with a small phone company, that has not released a number before, it could take weeks before the transfer is complete. Have no fear, it can be done.
Some
of the
technical issues you may encounter if you intend to
switch over
yourland line to a cellular device are; The local
telephone company
may be inexperienced at this, since not many
landline customers have
asked to port out, which is the technical term, or
you may even be
their guinea pig. Another issue you may encounter
with local
telephone companies is, them being less than
enthusiastic about
releasing phone numbers. This means they are losing
business (numbers
= customers). Most individuals in this century are
using wireless
devices, the landline is becoming increasingly
obsolete. Many people
and businesses now utilize a cellular phone for all
their
communication and information needs.
The cutting
edge business we speak of has been partly wireless
for quite some
time, using a mobile hotspot for their internet
connection and
cellular phones, in order to do business on-the-go.
After much
research and consideration, the IT department
realized it was good
business to combine the hotspot with a new
smartphone. The IT
department started the expected simple transfer of
the landline
number to a mobile device. The device chosen was the
Droid 3. Through an ordering glitch the hotspot
service was not enabled
immediately and they had to wait for the porting
process to be
completed first. However, the company owners were
able to continue
their business uninterrupted, without access to the
hotspot (no
external wireless access was used). The company
attended to all
their normal business functions; online banking,
emails, blogs, news,
research, contracts, document creation, etc., all
from a Droid 3.
After
this learning experience, especially using a
smartphone, the company
has determined it will be doing more work
in-the-cloud than ever
predicted. This article is being written on a mobile
device by voice
input. The ultimate question may be, “Why type when
you can speak
into the microphone and edit later?” This
accelerated and accurate
voice recognition technology brings to mind the old
Star Trek movie
when it is so “quaint” to have to use a mouse as an
input device.
August 16, 2011
Death of the Land Line by jabek
Land lines, as they are commonly called, have only been available for about 150 years. Many years ago, people watched the Bell system grow, spreading and placing telephones throughout the world at an unbelievable pace. First there were operator assisted calls, then, dial your own party, and later push button systems. Suddenly, there was a phone booth on every corner.
As technological growth accelerated; party lines disappeared, then phone booths and now the phone attached to the wall (land line) is becoming an “endangered species”. The land line could soon be as obsolete as the telegraph. This ancient technology appears to have run its course and may soon be buried beside desktop computers. A current trend in countries, leading technological innovations, is to not install the obsolete infrastructure intensive phone system necessary for land lines. Globally, many businesses are choosing to go completely wireless. It is common for a company to transfer their “land tied phone number” to a mobile device, so as not to alienate clients.
This appears to be a
wireless generation. The common response of
people, under the age forty, when asked if they
have a land line, is – LAND LINE?? Most prefer a
cellular phone. Now checking with the forty and
older generation, a surprisingly large number have
quit using “land lines” or are planning to do so
soon. Even internet access in not restricted to
wires anymore. This appears to be the largest and
most dynamic paradigm shift in communication since
the telegraph.
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