Re: OT? : Netherlands to switch 100% to VOIP before 2010

Jan Panteltje wrote:

We (The Netherlands, or Dutch ahum) just made the switch to digital TV
a few month ago, the analog transmissions were switched of completely.
I bought a settop box....

Few weeks ago I came across one of those small news bulletins on a _German_
site (www.heise.de) that the Dutch KPN decided to kill the old phone system
and switch to VOIP 100% before 2010.

So more sales, and millions of phones and phone related appliances need replacing...
Now 2010 is only _3_ years away....

And indeed on their site KPN is now selling 'slim bellen', or in English
'smart dialling", and you can ONLY keep the old analog line if you have special
requirements, like alarm systems (they are probably still a bit scared of claims).

OK, I moved to VOIP years ago, but not via their service, but I use their copper
lines.

Now as some other poster was asking about answering machines etc.. I case we
want to play, then we will have to design stuff with a small TCP/IP stack, and
ethernet interface...DSL modem perhaps, if there is not one.

Now again today I see Germany will do the same thing (no date known), with the help
of IBM.
I am all for it, but then send the 100 million or so analog phones to the third world? ;-)
I would like to hear opinions and solutions....
I think in the view of all this, and TV over internet etc, better have the PC
on 24/7, we need low power computers (or more nuculear* power plants).

In the old days the telco was more strict on design acceptance then the army.
What happened to '48 V DC must be there, so the phones will work in a case
where power fails?'
etc...


Well, then good luck to you guys when the electricity croaks. And some day it will. Did your authorities already forget the big flood of 1953? What's the contingency plan when the local router rooms are under 6ft of water?

--
Regards, Joerg

http://www.analogconsultants.com
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    ... the analog transmissions were switched of completely. ... and switch to VOIP 100% before 2010. ... and millions of phones and phone related appliances need replacing... ... we need low power computers. ...
    (sci.electronics.design)