FCC RFC for replacement of USA PSTN with VoIP per "2009 Recovery Act" [Telecom]
Thad Floryan
Public Switched Telephone Network to a new system run entirely with
Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) technology. This is perhaps the
most serious indication to date that the legacy telephone system will,
in the near future, reach the end of its life. This public commenting
phase represents a very early stage in what will undoubtedly be a very
complex transition that makes this year's bumpy switch from analog to
digital television look relatively easy.
3-page FCC "Public Notice" here:
<http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-09-2517A1.pdf>
Released: 1-DEC-2009
Comment date: 21-DEC-2009
danny burstein
> http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-09-2517A1.pdf
Just a short aside. This document, like many other FCC notices, is
available in the "pdf" style listed above, and is also downloadable as
a "DOC" file, and a more or less [ASCII] version.
Simply take the url and adjust the trailing extension as preferred:
http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-09-2517A1.doc
http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-09-2517A1.txt
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Thad Floryan
Well, AT&T's response follows current thinking here: landlines will be
abandoned in favor of VoIP (and cell phones?).
PC World here:
<http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/185649/atandt_tells_fcc_its_time_to_cut_the_cord.html>
quotes AT&T: "... the death of landlines is a matter of when, not if,
and asked that a firm deadline be set for pulling the plug."
AT&T said in its response to the FCC that "with each passing day, more
and more communications services migrate to broadband and IP-based
services, leaving the public switched telephone network ("PSTN") and
plain-old telephone service ("POTS") as relics of a by-gone era."