KX-T: U-verse, residential telephone service

[John Challenor]

It's voice-over-ip and it's really a "soft" switch.

 

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> [mailto:kxt-bounces at kxthelp.com] On Behalf Of Don Ritchie
> Sent: January 17, 2009 8:58
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> Subject: KX-T: U-verse, residential telephone service
> 
> 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.
> 
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