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Sprint Moves Phone Network to IP
Ryan Barrett writes "Sprint announced that it has 'begun transforming its telephone network so voice calls are transmitted in packets.' AP article here. Combined with a recent /. story about Telus doing the same thing, this sets an interesting precedent. Many telcos already use packet-switching to handle a significant chunk of their calls. Is this the beginning of the end for circuit-switched networks?"
Hello, Sprint? This is Telus. You stole our idea you son-of-a-bit....
Reminds me of that old Dogbert Joke about having a Tilde in the phone number. I wonder how long it will be till them move to IPv6, won't that be a joy to dial.
Sorry about the writing. Robot fingers, you know? Cliff Steele in DOOM PATROL #23
..will make it cheaper for Sprint to grow its network..
, unfortunately, monthly fees will rise with 25% due to the *better* services that'll be provided....;o)...
1. No sig. 2. ???? 3. Profit!!!
Call me on 3ffe:0501:0008:0000:0260:97ff:fe40:efab, see you soon.
Note to self: get smarter troll to guard door.
If they get rid of dedicated circuits then how am I going to get out of the Matrix anymore?
It seems that technology moves in cycles...
"Serial is slow, let's move to parallel."
"Now parallel is slow, let's go to serial."
It all started with central, time-sharing systems, then switched to distributed computing when the technology permitted, and there now a trend torwards centralized administration again.
Batch processing was popular, then on-line processing replaced it, now many things are going back to batch processing because of the time/cost advantages it provides.
It seems that as technologies disappear, even newer technologies come along that remind everyone of the (still) very valid why they were using the older technologies in the first place.
Just wait, in 5-10 years, CRTs will be popular once again, and I suppose circuit switching will probably find a new foothold as well.
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Will Sprint use the Evil Bit?
What happens if voice IP traffic gets mixed with, say, a few Quake deathmatch packets? What happens if a bot starts taking railgun shots at bits of your conversation with your Mother? Or if a L33T D00D pulls down the grid for an entire city with a strategically placed rocket? I want answers, damn it!
Sprint Moves Phone Network to IP
Why, was property in the real world too expensive?
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Thanks, I'll be here all the week.
The theory of relativity doesn't work right in Arkansas.
Sprint with packet switching. So clear, you can hear a pin drop...twice.
One more crippling bombshell crushed the already beleaguered circuit-switching community when slashdot.com community didn't care that the use of circuit switches has dropped yet again. Coming on the heels of a recent Usenet survey which plainly states that circuit switches are boring, this news serves to reinforce what we've known all along. Circuit switch use is collapsing in complete disarray, as fittingly exemplified by falling dead last in the recent Cowboy Neal polls.
You don't need to be a Kreskin to predict circuit switching's future. The hand writing is on the wall: Circuit switching faces a bleak future. In fact there won't be any future at all for circuit switching because it is dying. Things are looking very bad for circuit switching. As many of us are already aware, the circuit switch continues to lose relevence. Red ink flows like a river of blood.
Fact: Nobody cares Timmy.
I wonder if they will use any microsoft software. I would really hate for my telephone to blue-screen. My phone lacks the buttons.