On Jul 13, 2010, at 7:01 PM, Charl Barnard wrote: > >> >> Which at least partially explains the lower cost... there aren't any >> TDM >> circuits involved. >> > > I always suspected the Big Transition to IP was more vendor push than > operator pull, so I'm keen to hear why a sharp guy like Kevin would reckon > that TDM is inherently more expensive than IP .. I don't think it's so much the hardware as it is the transport. Some of my SS7 A-Links come to West Wendover, NV from Reno, NV, spanning the ENTIRE state and transiting multiple LECs along the way. One provider figured they could offer redundant A-Link service to two points in two states over IP for half the cost of one of those existing TDM circuits. -- Bryan
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