Scott Ehrlich <
srehrlich@...> writes:
> Of the various "Landline" phone methods (though there are likely others):
>
> - fiber (i.e. FIOS)
> - POTS (copper)
> - VOIP (vonage)
>
> Do they have equal weight when it comes to security of residential
> communication, and the customer can boil it down to price?
I think that fiber is probably the most secure; it's hard to tap into
the fiber mid-stream. I think POTS is probably a LITTLE more secure
than VOIP, although you can theoretically encrypt VOIP ( but nobody does )
I say POTS is more secure because you would need to physically tap into
the wire whereas you could pick up your neighbor's VOIP packets with a
software misconfiguration.
> Thanks.
>
> Scott
-derek
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