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To: Dexter Lives On who wrote (1914)	2/2/2001 11:07:15 PM
From: Frank A. Coluccio	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 46821

OK, breaking away from the original question, the solution space is changing with the convergence (I have to use that word sometimes) of IP and PSTN architectural elements. The original features we discussed are still predicated on PSTN constructs, such as IN, SS7 and local subscriber directory services. The new space will be defined, increasingly, by IP capabilities, Internet directory services and gateways/gatekeepers. In the former (PSTN), centralized databases were required. In the latter (IP), the smarts are in the edge and end points. And yet, I don't see a clean break from one to the other happening, as we see concessions being cooked up by vendors who play to the ITU tune, hence producing solutions that borrow from both. I can see where the microcell thing is going, if they are basing their architectural direction on IP, as opposed to being dependent on the usual centralized carrier data bases and SS7. And we also have translation database services(directory services) that are now being developed and refined that will take the input of one world and make it useful in the other. Two years ago (or more) we discussed some of the same kind of local exchange capabilities that The Inukshuk franchise purports to be rolling out, over in the VoIP and Last Mile threads. The same principles could be supported by HFC and DSL services, as over wireless (except for the mobility). When we discussed this in the past we spoke about "riding the upper layers" of the access pipes in order to circumvent the incumbent provider's usual POTS. VoIP/VoATM is a means of achieving this. Of course, wireless can do this in spades, and provide mobility, to boot. Looking forward to your Angel release when you find it. FAC