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In message <[email protected]>, "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. --- Jeremy Porter, Freeside Communications, Inc. [email protected] PO BOX 80315 Austin, Tx 78708 | 1-800-968-8750 | 512-458-9810 http://www.fc.net - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
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