Possibly the last 4ESS is being shut down
December 11, 2025 – I heard from an industry contact that the Lansing, MI 4ESS switch (LNNGMIMN50T) is slated to be powered off tonight. Traffic through the switch has already been rerouted elsewhere. This is considered to be the last 4ESS in the lower 48 states. Only the 4ESS in… Read more »
Phil McCarter’s collection to be preserved at new museum in Denver
March 14, 2025 – The entire collection of long time telephone collector Phil McCarter of Salem, OR (also known as SXSPhil) will be moving to the Connections Museum. Most fans of telephony know of the awesome museum in Seattle, WA with their collection of switching equipment (Panel, #1XB, #5XB, DMS-10,… Read more »
And now Bell Canada is buying Ziply Fiber
Whose buying whom? Bell Canada is buying Ziply Fiber, which only formed a few years ago and bought former GTE/Verizon/Frontier territory in Washington state, Idaho, Oregon, and Montana. Looks like it will take several years to complete and will cost around C$5 Billion. Now of course I’m curious as to… Read more »
Verizon to merge with Frontier
This goes under the “what are they thinking?” department. Verizon is mostly a wireless company, with a FTTH as a sideline and a copper infrastructure they’d rather get rid of. But they are buying Frontier for the FIOS network they divested themselves from about 10 years ago. FIOS is the… Read more »
AT&T Tandem and Jenny List updates
Both the AT&T Tandem and the Jenny lists have been updated. Check them out!