PSTN To Go Away by 2018?

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Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Thursday July 07, 2011 @10:06PM

An anonymous reader writes "If current rates hold, only 6% of the US population will still be served by the public switched telephone network (PSTN) by the end of 2018. Tom Evslin reports that the "Technical Advisory Council (TAC) to the Federal Communication Commission (FCC) recommended last week that the FCC set a date certain for the sunset of the PSTN rather than let the service fade slowly into oblivion as it is doing now." Since doing 'nothing' isn't really possible, he suggests: (possibly) end(ing) the Universal Service Fund subsidies, ensuring PSTN-dependent services like E911 work on new technologies, and assuring that everyone who now has PSTN service has access to either a broadband or cellular communication alternative."
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