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British Telecom Plans to Ditch POTS Network

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the one-world-one-net dept.

Samurai Cat! writes "Yahoo news has a story up regarding British Telecom's plans to scrap their traditional circuit-switched telecom network in favor of an IP-based system." Their press release has more information.

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  1. Hope they're using QoS by mfearby · · Score: 5, Insightful

    We've got ip-tel at work and it's a right bitch at times - almost like talking to someone over on a mobile. There's nothing worse than having the beginnings and endings of someone's speech cut off!

    Even with QoS, ip-tel is over rated. "It should do that"... yeah, right!