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VoIP And Cell Phones Eroding Traditional Telecoms

Posted by timothy on from the one-way-function dept.

Lullabye_Muse writes "Yahoo! reports that telecoms in Europe and U.S. are losing in response to people switching their home phones for cellphones and dial up to cable modems. More info on specific VoIP discussed in latter part of article. The trend seems to becoming widespread, I guess 10 years and all the old wires are gonna start to be taken down."

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  1. Meanwhile, at the TelCos.... by LostCluster · · Score: 0, Troll

    Even the old line Baby Bells admit that twisted pair POTS is on the way out, that's exactly why they have heavy investments in cellular companies, and they're also working on Fiber to the Premises (FTTP) projects of their own.

    What's very interesting is that nearly all recently constructed cable TV systems bring fiber to nodes at roughly the "neighborhood" level and only convert to coax for a "last mile" link. They're not to far from finishing off to being a pure fiber solution either.

    The twisted pair phone line may be on the way out, but the landline is far from giving up the fight. :)

  2. I hope they all go away by avida · · Score: 0, Troll

    I hate traditional phone companies and I hope they all go away in the most painful way possible.