The FCC will consider an order at its January meeting addressing the IP Transition along with the recommendation to sunset the public switched telephone network in 2018.
In a statement, FCC Commissioner Ajit Pai said he welcomes the decision but that adequate testing and preparation must be conducted in advance. Geographic all-IP trials should be conducted so that carriers will be able to transition from TDM to IP in a discrete set of wire centers.
http://www.fcc.gov/document/commissioner-pai-statement-ip-transition
