On 2022-11-21 23:41, D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk wrote:
Rogers isn't going to give you a static IP address. My Rogers line changes IP address randomly but on average about once a year. But you cannot control the entry in the reverse domain for a Rogers address so it isn't very useful for an SMTP server.
I find the Rogers assigned IP address is fairly stable. It mainly changes after there has been an Internet outage or I needed to reboot the Rogers cable modem. The hostname they assign never changes unless the Rogers supplied cable modem is swapped out for a different one. If you want (or need) to be accessible by IP address you can look at a service such as dyndns.
Somewhere in my junk-pile I have a touch-tone line-powered handset.
There is one phone in the house that is still an old touch tone line powered phone. We keep it just in case there is a power outage and we need to make a phone call.
In an emergency, most people will grab a mobile phone anyway. Until it runs out of battery.
If you have one to grab. That also only works as long as the batteries and/or generators powering the cell tower lasts. -- Cheers! Kevin. http://www.ve3syb.ca/ | "Nerds make the shiny things that https://www.patreon.com/KevinCozens | distract the mouth-breathers, and | that's why we're powerful" Owner of Elecraft K2 #2172 | #include <disclaimer/favourite> | --Chris Hardwick