Tomek
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Brooklyn, NY | Back to Fees
Just wait till your VoIP bill will be enhanced with 20% of taxes and fees.
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cdru
Go Colts
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join:2003-05-14
Fort Wayne, IN
| said by Tomek  :Just wait till your VoIP bill will be enhanced with 20% of taxes and fees. I understand what you are saying, but it will still be cheaper then the equivalent ILEC service. An additional 20% on top of Vonage's $25 service is still cheaper then my similarly featured $35 Verizon service, and that price doesn't even include all the fees/taxes I have to pay. |
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packetscan
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join:2004-10-19
Bridgeport, CT
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| reply to Tomek
I can't see how proving 911 would cost them much.. unless of course you have sbc and bellsouth trying to stiffel compatition ( assuming they run/manage it). Who really owns this enhanced 911 system?
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voiplover
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join:2004-05-28
Portsmouth, NH
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Right but it's not a tax or a price increase; it is a 911 recovery charge of ~$260/year per DID (direct inbound dial #) that will fluctuate from State to State and from provider to provider. I thing that a lot of the business is going to end up overseas for Americans that are looking for less expensive voip with US #'s.  While pushing the small Mom and Pop providers out of business. For them, it isn't just the cost of 911, it is the non obtainable coverage that goes along with offering 911 services. These small operations that are needed by many and are just an upgrade from a calling card are being wiped out. If their gross profit is under a couple of mil, how can they stand up to a couple of multimillion $ suits just because the internet was down when a subscriber need to call 911? Would you insure them? |
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calvoiper
join:2003-03-31
Belvedere Tiburon, CA
| reply to packetscan
There are significant costs involved because currently some VoIP providers have the barest minimum of connections in a metro area, and in some states this requirement would mean that they would have to connect to every PSAP--literally hundreds of new trunks.
In those states that use 9-1-1 "routers" (which actually are circuit based switches performing a tandem switching function) the connections may be fewer, but your "ownership" question moves to the front burner.
In many cases, those 9-1-1 fees go in large part for paying the ILECs for rental of facilities at pretty steep rates.
calvoiper
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