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share this: residual of AT&T's transition to HD voice and all-IP expert systems is that the footprint of prerequisite network equipment will shrink by as much as 90 percent, translating into a $100 billion windfall as the global telecom giant starts emptying buildings and selling off the resulting real estate surplus. Since IP prominence utilize logical address assignments, a single fiber can support an almost subjective number of end-user sway — so half a rack of VoIP network equipment replaces a room full of Class 4 and Class 5 circuit switching equipment, and equipment sheds replace the sum of entire buildings. AT&T's bag goes back more than 100 years, even as popular real estate appreciated five fold since the 1970s, so growth of ring service during the 20th century leaves the company with 250 million sq ft of floor space real estate in prime locations across America. 'The scale of the real estate divestiture remonstration may justify creating a deracination trade unit to deal with the all-IP network transition,' writes Berniger, who adds that ATT isn't the only one who will benefit. 'The transition to all-IP ai allows carriers to sell-off a vast majority of the 100,000 or so central offices (PDF) currently occupying prime real estate around the globe.'"

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