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James Kulubi <jkulubi@yahoo.co.uk>; <br>
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<ict.researcher@yahoo.com>; <br>
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KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke>; <br>
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[kictanet] USA to Switch off the POT <br>
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<td valign="top"><div style="color:#000;background-color:#fff;font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, Sans-Serif;font-size:10pt;"><div>You may be interested in the story below which state that FCC is working on draft rules to phase out the Plain Old Telephone (POT) network. You will be surprise that over 100 Americans are still using POTS. </div><div>Below the story you will see that there are over 500 comments and that most people who have commented hate cellular 2G/3G/4G and Obamacare.</div><div>--------------------------</div><div style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1.1em;line-height:24px;"><span style="font-family:'Courier New', courier, monaco, monospace, sans-serif;font-size:13px;"></span></div><h1 class="headline" style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;line-height:41.599998474121094px;padding-bottom:20px;
padding-right:40px;"><span style="font-family:'Courier New', courier, monaco, monospace, sans-serif;font-size:13px;text-decoration:underline;">US eyes phase-out of old telephone network</span></h1><div style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1.1em;line-height:24px;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:13.333333015441895px;font-family:'Courier New', courier, monaco, monospace, sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-style:normal;"><span style="font-family:'Courier New', courier, monaco, monospace, sans-serif;font-size:13px;">The Federal Communications Commission is working toward drafting rules in January to formalize the IP transition -- switching communications systems to Internet protocol.</span></div><div style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1.1em;line-height:24px;"><span style="font-family:'Courier New', courier, monaco, monospace, sans-serif;font-size:13px;">And while FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler hails the technological advance, he has also
spoken of maintaining the "set of values" that was used to ensure America's universal phone service.</span></div><div style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1.1em;line-height:24px;"><span style="font-family:'Courier New', courier, monaco, monospace, sans-serif;font-size:13px;">Click Here to read more ....<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://news.yahoo.com/us-eyes-phase-old-telephone-network-023742404.html">http://news.yahoo.com/us-eyes-phase-old-telephone-network-023742404.html</a></span></div><div>James Kulubi</div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div></td>
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