Anarchy in the UK?

[Mark Townsley]

On Dec 12, 2012, at 1:20 PM, Gert Doering wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> On Wed, Dec 12, 2012 at 01:13:51PM +0100, Ignatios Souvatzis wrote:
>> don't know about POTS. ISDN for new customers won't be available in all
>> regions in about two years, or so I've read; the reason is that the chips
>> won't be made any longer soon, and nobody wants to invest design new ISDN
>> chips with today's wafer technology.
>> 
>> At some point they'll have to save the remaining chips for repairs of 
>> equipment, and the less they have the better.
> 
> I fully understand that they want (need) to get rid of customers with
> "real ISDN" telephone lines.  
> 
> I'm just very unhappy of their attempt to use "you can only get IPv6 on
> DSL lines with VoIP,

Just guessing, but does this have anything to do with the particular type of CPE or backend provisioning (e.g., TR-69 and such) used with VoIP customers?

- Mark


> not with real ISDN!" as a vehicle for that - because
> it will not work for this type of customers.  They do not know what IPv6
> is, and will not make purchasing decision (or even "contract changes") 
> based on IPv6...

> 
> Gert Doering
>        -- NetMaster
> -- 
> have you enabled IPv6 on something today...?
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