----- Original Message ----- > From: "Nathan Anderson" <nath...@fsr.com>
kbones (was: Phasing out of copper) > On Saturday, November 29, 2014 9:10 PM, Jay Ashworth <> wrote: > > But let us not conflate being ok with telcos replacing analog copper > > last-mile with being ok with telcos replacing PCM with VoIP, > > especially > > in trunking applications, ... [snip] > > Let's also not conflate audio codecs with L2. "PCM" and "VoIP" are not > mutually-exclusive things by any stretch. Oh, sure. But my point is this: How many Erlangs can you fit through that clear-channel T-3? There's man-centuries of engineering in the design of the TDM backbone, and the people making the decisions about abandoning that design weren't even alive, in some cases, when that work was done, and don't know what "Notes On The Networks" is. Cheers, -- jr 'I can lay hands on my copy in 60 seconds' a -- Jay R. Ashworth Baylink j...@baylink.com Designer The Things I Think RFC 2100 Ashworth & Associates http://www.bcp38.info 2000 Land Rover DII St Petersburg FL USA BCP38: Ask For It By Name! +1 727 647 1274
