Revision A Passes First Exam
Judicious thinking
Nearly all voice networks have a packet switched core -- even "good old american landlines". Even first generation CDMA voice systems behave more like packet based networks than they do circuit switched.
"Carrier class" VoIP is far different than vontage sitting on your home DSL line.
Packet based networks save money and offer higher capacities. We wont ever go back.
maokh said:
The real circuit switched network went bye-bye a long time ago. TDM as we know it is gone.
Nearly all voice networks have a packet switched core -- even "good old american landlines". Even first generation CDMA voice systems behave more like packet based networks than they do circuit switched.
"Carrier class" VoIP is far different than vontage sitting on your home DSL line.
Packet based networks save money and offer higher capacities. We wont ever go back.
If you say so. I say we're all doomed. Call me retro.
good job!
(you know your stuff)
Modern humans have survived for 150,000 years, and the telephone is a very recent invention. I doubt it will kill us to live without it for a little while.
tropicalhaven said:
Actually, it depends on the situation. Having lived through hurricanes Charlie, Frances, and Jeanne in Central Florida, we found the Verizon wirelines were down, while mobile phones would still work. Because the landline was down for so long, we contacted Verizon to let them know we were not interested in reconnecting.
Modern humans have survived for 150,000 years, and the telephone is a very recent invention. I doubt it will kill us to live without it for a little while.
Oh, no doubt we can live without them...I didn't own a cell phone till 2002, but man, it'd suck sending up smoke signals all the time.
tropicalhaven said:
Well, you could always get some string and share tin cans with your neighbors.
I think I tried that one...about 25 years ago.
Humdizzle said:
Understand that hurricanes affect a very small precentage of the country, maybe 5-10% (and that's being generous)
I think it's a tad bit more than that (the entire east coast, the entire gulf coast), but there are a lot of things that effect wireless communication for the worst. I'm just saying don't put away your hardlines just yet, even if they are circuit switched now (which bugs me a bit...).
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