FCC Seeks Comment on All-IP Network
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The FCC has released a request for comment [PDF file] on transitioning to an all-IP nationwide voice network.
“Given that voice services now make up only a fraction of the data traveling across the total US communications networks, it certainly makes little economic sense to continue supporting two separate systems,” writes Ars Technica’s Nate Anderson. “But, as with anything that has grown up for a century, pulling the plug requires plenty of planning.”
“The effort would probably make the FCC’s coordinated transition to digital television look …