[Gllug] Old type versus new ADSL?

[Paul Cupis]

Chris Bell wrote:
>    At present I can purchase analogue cards linking to ordinary PSTN/POTS
> for use with Asterisk, but should I assume they will be obsolete when BT
> provide their "21st Century Network" and start offering full digital?

No, the phone line will still be "analogue" from the exchange to your home.

 > Will a standard phone effectively move to VOIP?

It will be converted to VoIP at the exchange for transit across BTs 
network, rather than circuit-switched across ATM as it currently is. 
 From an end-users point of view there is no change to the interface 
they are provided/use.

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