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FCC Announces Plans to Upgrade Century-Old Phone System

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About a third of Americans use iPhone or Android-based cellular phones, and another third place digital phone calls through their cable provider, Vonage or others. But that last third of Americans still rely on the century-old network of copper wires that make up the backbone of the country's communication system. And they're long overdue for an upgrade.

“The public switched telephone network will be shut off some day. The question is when will that be,” an FCC official told FoxNews.com.

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) on Tuesday announced plans to expedite the largest change to the nation's phone system in decades -- a move away from the aging, circuit-switched system that sends those analog signals over copper cables to a modern, digital, IP-based network that largely relies on fiber optics.

adorie3841d ago

I'm not very happy about it. Talk of smart cables and all that,it just means a more efficient way to invade peoples private lives.

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