Internet vs. Telephone company

Mon Feb 3 20:56:26 UTC 1997

In message <3.0.32.19970203105336.006bdcac at mail.cts.com>, "Kent W. England" wri
tes:
>At 05:28 PM 31-01-97 -0800, Bharat Ranjan wrote:
>>
>>Check out a product called 'Internet Thruway" that routes a call based
>>on the Called Number. The idea is for telcos to implement this product
>>as a back-end to their access network so calls being made to a Thruway
>>provider never reach the voice network. It is instead sent (via IP and
>>L2F) directly to the ISP's network. SBC is already committed to
>>deploying this in parts of Texas.
>>
>
>It's a partial solution and expensive to implement. The data calls still
>have to go through at least the first voice switch.
>
>But it would be nice to receive packets rather than switched circuits
>and avoid the cost of building so many dial POPs, if the price is right.

Of course the current pricing I've seen its significantly more
expensive than other solutions.

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