Verizon plans to retire and remove the Essex NJ 5ESS switch after it migrates all traffic served by the switch to the New Brunswick NJ C20 switch.
Verizon Central Offices for the Essex NJ 5ESS switch (IVTNNJESDS5) located at 9 Coit St., Irvington, NJ 07111 and the New Brunswick NJ C20 switch (NBWKNJNBPS2) located at 18-26 Paterson St., New Brunswick, NJ 08901.
Implementation Date(s) On or after May 1, 2022
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***** Moderator's Note *****
At one time, the #5ESS was "the" Central Office - the latest, the greatest, the most versatile. Now, it's being replaced, in this case, by a "C20" switch, and I don't even know what a "C20" switch is.
I am feeling old.
Bill Horne Moderator