On 12/30/08 14:45, Alex Balashov wrote:
Alex Balashov wrote:
I think #3 is the most important and the one that is likely to prove most relevant in the short term, as I think we can all agree that there is no expectation that the PSTN in a time frame anyone would deem short to immediate term.
That is, "that the PSTN will go away."
I think we talk here about a business model. While PSTN stands more for technology, Telco world will be with us, no matter they use TDM, ISDN, SIP or SIPng...
Similar to NAT, which would do security even IP address shortage would be a past, PSTN-model is a walled-garden communication environment, protecting from "buhoohalaa" threats of wide Internet.
Cheers, Daniel