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Originally Posted by Pierre
VM's Voice over Cable project is in the works, but is still very much in its infancy - it's got a name and that's about it at the moment.
VM will have to decommission the telephony network as it's just too old. Running on System X's 20odd years old, and other equally old kit.
But it's a cash cow for VM, it's paid for itself many times over and still brings in millions each year.
Voice over cable, or some other solution, will happen but I think VM will continue to eek out every last penny from the existing voice network until it expires.
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There's already a date for when retirement of the PSTN is planned, Pierre.
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Originally Posted by qasdfdsaq
Wouldn't replacing it with newer/cheaper to maintain equipment and charging the same amount be an even bigger cash cow?
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Once the initial CapEx of the eMTAs and network resiliency upgrades has been recouped I'm sure it would. VM outsourced the PSTN network maintenance, etc, to BT Wholesale so will be glad I imagine to be rid of it.