Talked to an AT&T engineer the other day and he said something that kind of surprised me. He said that there are "only" TWO voice switches for the entire network, This is the U-verse, residential telephone service.
The TWO "switches" are outside of Dallas and Philadelphia. The way I understand it, an incoming call is switched, from your local CO to the PSTN peer point, and back to your prem - Via The AT&T separate U-verse VOICE backbone. In the case of an outgoing call - Via The AT&T separate U-verse VOICE backbone to the PSTN peer point. So it may NOT actually be a "switch" as some of us may think of it. He is not sure if the link from the local CO TO the peer point is via the PSTN, but I guess it could go either way. -- Many people quit looking for work when they find a job. _________________________________________________________________ KX-T Mailing list --- http://kxthelp.com/ Subscription changes: http://kxthelp.com/mailman/listinfo/kxt
