The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> wrote:
> On 08/11/2023 08:36, Mark Carver wrote:
>> On 06/11/2023 12:08, Woody wrote:
>>
>>> But as I said come 2025/26 when we are all on fibre
>>
>> That has _never_ been the plan. We will all have VoIP based landline
>> services (if we want them) from 2025/6 (although I do wonder), but
>> millions will still be on copper xDSL for a few more years beyond that,
>> probably some into the 2030s
>>
> Yes.
>
> The essence of the plan is to get rid of exchanges first, and powered
> green boxes later on.
>
> Getting rid of exchanges means VOIP and getting rid of landline
> baseband telephony.
>
> Getting rid of green boxes means FTTP.
>
> I completely agree there will be powered green boxes into the 2030s
> *unless* the government mandates a minimum of - say - 50Mbps ...
>
>

It seems getting rid of exchanges is going to be a slow process. See

https://www.ispreview.co.uk/index.php/2023/11/openreach-reduces-pilot-for-national-uk-exchange-closures.html

On Tue, 7 Nov 2023 15:42:13 +0000, Jon Schneider
<jon@jschneider.tenreversed> wrote:

>More importantly this is about a very particular piece of SIP software
>and not VOIP in general.
>
>Jon
>
>On 06/11/2023 09:53, Scott wrote:
>> I saw this interesting piece of information recently:

Yes it is, as I acknowledged. My reason for posting was to show what
can be done. I assume the idea is not unique to one router box.