<div>My 'tone' in email is somtimes misinterpreted (so sorry about that) - I was just 'thinking out loud' as I like to put it.</div>
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<div>One thing you did mention is that telco's don't like the move to IP - what are their arguments against it?<br><br><br></div>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Aug 11, 2009 at 7:39 AM, Alex Balashov <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:abalashov@evaristesys.com">abalashov@evaristesys.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote style="BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; PADDING-LEFT: 1ex" class="gmail_quote">I didn't say that the presence of IP removes all the complexity, nor that interconnection without TDM and/or SS7 is possible--at least, for CLECs, but also many ITSPs that buy TDM in order to do access that is actually reliable and interoperable.<br>
<br>My intended point, which should have perhaps been made clearer, was only that the use of more IP - where feasible and practical - in the place of a circuit-switched alternative can add fluidity to the network that can change the CAPEX formula for redundancy in a more favourable direction.<br>
<br>It's not magic and it certainly won't solve all the problems that motivate the original question.
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