Re: [rtcweb] Requiring ICE for RTC calls

[Hadriel Kaplan <[e-mail]>]

On Sep 29, 2011, at 7:21 PM, Richard Shockey wrote:

> RS> And at the rate this discussion is going it is reasonable to assume that
> it might be 10 years before RTCWEB might be able to reach consensus. But for
> what it's worth the end of POTS/PSTN is under active discussion. If for no
> other reason than the  backplanes of the 5E's and DMS 500's are literally
> cracking at a increasing pace. Remember 3G mobile networks still use TDM
> Switches. Bernard's point is well taken RTCWEB shouldn't worry about
> interconnection some gateway or border element will normalize that problem
> in some way shape or form. 

But it's not "POTS" that's really the point - it's the "PSTN".  From the perspective of this group, the "PSTN" is everything reachable through SIP service providers: every cell/mobile phone, DSL/Cablemodem MTA, PRI trunk, SIP Enterprise trunk, POTS landline, etc.  There are more of those right now than there are devices on the Internet.[1]  And way more of those than number of users and Web Browsers on the Internet.[2]

-hadriel

[1] Based on several sources which claim approx 5 Billion mobile phones, 1.2 Billion POTS lines, and hundreds of millions of MTAs, and untold number of PRI and SIP trunks; which I'm guesstimating totals about 7 Billion.  Compared to approx 5 Billion current devices on the Internet, according to www.imsresearch.com. (though they include things like printers and cameras in their counts)

[2] Based on ~2 Billion users, from www.internetworldstats.com and data.worldbank.org.