FCC RFC for replacement of USA PSTN with VoIP per "2009 Recovery Act" [Telecom]

Dec 03, 2009 2 Replies
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The FCC desires to transition from the decades-old circuit-based 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:


Released: 1-DEC-2009 Comment date: 21-DEC-2009



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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:

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Well, AT&T's response follows current thinking here: landlines will be abandoned in favor of VoIP (and cell phones?).

PC World here:

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."

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