<html><head><style type='text/css'>p { margin: 0; }</style></head><body><div style='font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000'>http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/12/fcc-plans-for-death-of-circuit-switched-phone-networks.ars<br><br>If you thought that the digital TV transition, with its billion-dollar
coupon program for converter boxes, was a migration nightmare, wait
until it's time for the phone system to dump its legacy
circuit-switched system and move to an all-IP communications network.
That day could be coming sooner than you think; the Federal
Communications Commission has <a href="http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-09-2517A1.pdf">just requested comment</a> on its planning for the transition.<br><br>---<br>Lelio Fulgenzi, B.A.<br>Senior Analyst (CCS) * University of Guelph * Guelph, Ontario N1G 2W1<br>(519) 824-4120 x56354 (519) 767-1060 FAX (JNHN)<br>^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^<br>"Bad grammar makes me [sic]" - Tshirt<br><br></div></body></html>