plain old telephone service

noun

Etymology

A reinterpretation of the long-standing acronym POTS, originally standing for post office telephone system.

Definitions

  1. A traditional telephony system based on the analog transmission of sound, as opposed to…

    A traditional telephony system based on the analog transmission of sound, as opposed to newer alternatives like ISDN or VoIP.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for plain old telephone service. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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