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Verizon Begins Deploying Packet Switches to Provide Local Phone Service; Installations in Six West Coast Communities Pave the Way for New Services and Greater Network Efficiencies.

Publication: PR Newswire
Publication Date: 22-JUN-04 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

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NEW YORK, June 22 /PRNewswire/ -- In a first among major United States telecommunications companies, Verizon is deploying advanced packet-switching technology to serve local business and consumer lines. The program is under way in California and Washington state.

The state-of-the-art technology will make Verizon's network more reliable, and the new switches pave the way for a broad array of new services for local businesses and consumers in the future. The new packet switches will replace existing technology known as circuit switches. Telecommunications switches are at the heart of Verizon's networks and direct voice traffic from the person making to the call to the person being called.

Company technicians are currently installing packet-switching systems...

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