FCC Preparing Transition To VoIP Telephone Network

Posted by CmdrTaco on Thursday December 3, 2009 @01:46AM from the only-a-matter-of-time dept.

mantis2009 writes "The US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) published a request for public comment (PDF) on an upcoming transition from the decades-old circuit-based Public Switched Telephone Network to a new system run entirely with Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) technology. This is perhaps the most serious indication to date that the legacy telephone system will, in the near future, reach the end of its life. This public commenting phase represents a very early stage in what will undoubtedly be a very complex transition that makes this year's bumpy switch from analog to digital television look relatively easy."

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Re:Dial-up is all there is some places... by sxeraverx · 2009-12-03 02:14 · Score: 0, Flamebait

So, let me get this straight. You want to do voice, over ip, over voice. And you think that's more efficient? The frequency bands for phone lines were selected so you could group as many of them together as you could and still have something that sounds like voice. That's what gave us 56k. Now, you want the same line to carry the same traffic, plus internet traffic, plus ip headers, plus voip/tcp/udp/whateverp headers. And you think you'll get something decent? Good luck with that.