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<p>They are anti-cloud until NCTC gets a white-label provider to
give them a deal, then cloud isn't so bad.</p>
<p>But also CONTROL, E911, NECA, POTS all get in the way of moving
off local switches.<br>
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<pre class="moz-quote-pre" wrap="">On Aug 14, 2024, at 8:43 AM, Mike Hammett via VoiceOps <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:voiceops@voiceops.org"><voiceops@voiceops.org></a> wrote:
"Do rural operators WANT to keep running expensive local switches? Or, would cloud be more attractive if there was survivability? i.e., limited local hosting of services?"
I would imagine the demographic is very anti-cloud. I can't imagine anything worse than running critical infrastructure in the cloud.
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In my experience, they're very anti-cloud, but also very anti-expensive local switch. If that has you stumped, me too, pour yourself a drink.
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