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AT&T Migrating Phone Network to IP

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the keeping-up-with-the-jones dept.

prostoalex writes "Following the lead of Sprint and Telus, who are moving their telephone networks to IP, AT&T will spend $3 billion to migrate to an IP-based network. By the end of 2005 about 270 legacy systems will be retired." The article also notes how the current ratio of packet traffic to voice is already 8:1.

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  1. eek by lonesome+phreak · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    that's a bit scary.

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    Maybe we DID take the blue pill. You wouldn't remember anyway.