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"We will be the first telco to switch off the PSTN,"
Paul Reynolds didn't hedge in a great interview by Eric Krapf. "We will haul lots of bits and we make a lot of money off it." Matt Bross, his CTO, added that BT faced two choices: "S-rew it down and go for cash, or go for growth." Krapf adds "BT has chosen to do, at a high level, what the RBOCs couldn't even be compelled by law to do: Open up the network, modernize the infrastructure and fundamentally reshape the industry in their home market."
Reynolds was one of the first to realize it's now cheaper to connect everyone to broadband rather than hooking up their line when the order comes in, at least in new builds. At the price he's paying for DSLAMs, that's an easy call. The same should be true anywhere the network is efficiently controlled by a softswitch which allows VOIP savings. BT has gone its own way on other choices as well, especially the decision not to offer "triple play" with a me-too offering.
BT is launching Bluephone, a combination unit that is ordinary mobile while outside but 802.11 or Bluetooth when in reach of a network. Because a huge percentage of mobile calls are made from home, there's a huge saving in mobile costs and bandwidth, as well as higher quality calls. That's especially important for BT, Qwest, and soon the cable companies that don't own their own wireless networks, as well as a useful spectrum enhancement for any wireless carrier. When phone prices and power requirements come down, around 2007, much of the world will be following BT's lead.
"We will be the first telco to switch off the PSTN,"
Paul Reynolds didn't hedge in a great interview by Eric Krapf. "We will haul lots of bits and we make a lot of money off it." Matt Bross, his CTO, added that BT faced two choices: "S-rew it down and go for cash, or go for growth." Krapf adds "BT has chosen to do, at a high level, what the RBOCs couldn't even be compelled by law to do: Open up the network, modernize the infrastructure and fundamentally reshape the industry in their home market."
Reynolds was one of the first to realize it's now cheaper to connect everyone to broadband rather than hooking up their line when the order comes in, at least in new builds. At the price he's paying for DSLAMs, that's an easy call. The same should be true anywhere the network is efficiently controlled by a softswitch which allows VOIP savings. BT has gone its own way on other choices as well, especially the decision not to offer "triple play" with a me-too offering.
BT is launching Bluephone, a combination unit that is ordinary mobile while outside but 802.11 or Bluetooth when in reach of a network. Because a huge percentage of mobile calls are made from home, there's a huge saving in mobile costs and bandwidth, as well as higher quality calls. That's especially important for BT, Qwest, and soon the cable companies that don't own their own wireless networks, as well as a useful spectrum enhancement for any wireless carrier. When phone prices and power requirements come down, around 2007, much of the world will be following BT's lead.
