Wednesday, June 09, 2004
BBC NEWS | Technology | BT transforms phone network
Big news: British Telecome has unveiled plans to convert the UK public phone network from circuit switched PTSN to packet-switched IP, the data transfer protocol that underlies the internet.
What this means is that essentially the internet will suddenly be everywhere. There will be no need to 'dial-up' or connect via broadband. every phone socket will become a network access point. landlines and mobiles (which are already migrating towards packet-switched networks) will converge.
all this by 2009, and "The switchover should be undetectable to its customers".
er, OK. I thought April 1st went past a while ago. this seems like a massive switch-over to me, and maybe slightly ambitious? the promises are grand, but let's not hold our breath.
Big news: British Telecome has unveiled plans to convert the UK public phone network from circuit switched PTSN to packet-switched IP, the data transfer protocol that underlies the internet.
What this means is that essentially the internet will suddenly be everywhere. There will be no need to 'dial-up' or connect via broadband. every phone socket will become a network access point. landlines and mobiles (which are already migrating towards packet-switched networks) will converge.
all this by 2009, and "The switchover should be undetectable to its customers".
er, OK. I thought April 1st went past a while ago. this seems like a massive switch-over to me, and maybe slightly ambitious? the promises are grand, but let's not hold our breath.
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