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  From: Adam Smith <adam.smith@sageautomation.com>
  To  : <Linuxsa@linuxsa.org.au>
  Date: Mon, 23 Jul 2001 17:33:10 +0930

RE: [OT] : Connection Speeds question

> Do phone networks run software or is it all hardware based?

Well, of course phone networks run software.  For example when you
change a Telstra customer's easy call facilities (call waiting, etc),
you dial directly into the relevant exchange, and change a few options,
configuring software settings.

A "complete" hardware based phone system would be back in the old days
where you had a switchboard lady, or when they used pulse dial which set
off a series of pegs in the exchange, and depending on the number
combination dialled, you would end up with a physical connection to the
other line.  Or at least it was something like that.

Or does your question mean something else entirely?


Adam Smith
IT Officer
SAGE Automation Ltd

adam.smith@sageautomation.com
http://www.sageautomation.com

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