Utility to overhaul its network as it prepares to make assault on voice, video & data

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[kaspaas]

http://www.engineeringnews.co.za/eng/utilities/search/?show=70439

Very interesting - Telkom moving to a IP networking strategy.

But prices will stay high as long as the 2 networks (old & new) are run in parallel...thereafter it could drop.

 

[bwana]

Telkom remains concerned that the Bill, which seeks to aggregate a number of other pieces of legislation, could lead to an undermining of its rights, particularly during the trans-itional period.

Its rights? Bollocks

 

[Obelix]

So in a few years time, your analogue handset at home will only be analogue until it reaches the exchange, and climb onto what is essentially a voip network to reach its destination. So how long before we accept the inevitable and place the voip equipment in the house and telkom becomes just a big-ass IP switch.

Obelix