Hi, I am just curious about some details regarding the NGN and when do the NEAX's get phased out, I appreciate that some of the guys here that work in the tower blocks that know these things are not a liberty to detail certain items, but some basic outlines to satisfy the curious. We are all well aware of the NGN and its relationship to an Ethernet/IP based upgrade with ISAMs fronting the copper, but what about voice services.
Firstly I guess the core of the NGN for voice services has already begun to be built if not fully complete, I presume most of the Tandem and central switching core has moved to a VOIP cloud, ....or not?
To that end I presume the NEAXs will be replaced, I also presume ISAM-V is used to front the copper and the above VOIP cloud connects it all. If so what type of time frames are the NEAXs going to hit the landfill.
Last question, under seperation where does the demarcation between Chorus and Telecom Retail/wholesale occur, I guess by that I mean who owns the switches, and how far back into the network does Chorus's ownership responsibility end.
Appreciate any thoughts and comments.
Cheers
Cyril