What is ISDN and PSTN?

The public switched telephone network (PSTN) is the network of the world's
public circuit-switched telephone networks. It consists of telephone lines,
fber optic cables, icrowa!e transission links, cellular networks,
counications satellites, and undersea telephone cables, all inter-
connected b" switchin# centers, thus allowin# an" telephone in the world to
counicate with an" other. $ri#inall" a network of f%ed-line analo#
telephone s"stes, the PSTN is now alost entirel" di#ital in its core and
includes obile as well as f%ed telephones.