BT to move to IP

["Mark McCall" <lists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/3791319.stm

Dubbed the 21st century network, the technical work requires a gradual
closing down of the old Public Switched Telephone network (PSTN) to make
wa=
y
for an internet protocol (IP) network.=20

BT will spend around =A33bn on the project - more than the annual spend on
Britain's main roads - and is hoping that a raft of new services will be
possible on the back of it.=20

M.