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Re: IPO or not; can Vonage compete cable & telco co's
said by sporkme  :If they are being de-prioritized, then the ISPs doing that are opening themselves up to any number of things, like perhaps losing their "common carrier" status. 1st, the ISP's can prioritize their own VOIP traffic higher w/o deprioritizing Vonage. I realize that is a subtle difference, but it may be a legal difference.
2nd, the FCC has decided that cable companies and telcos(when providing broadband services) are NOT common carriers. They are an INFORMATION SERVICE and not bound by common carrier rules.
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said by TKJunkMail :Now that the cable companies and the telcos are getting into VOIP with both feet, will Vonage be able to fight off all the tools at their disposal - especially the prioritization of network traffic and also the bundling of services. With more money, they can afford more lawyers. If they are being de-prioritized, then the ISPs doing that are opening themselves up to any number of things, like perhaps losing their "common carrier" status. Once an ISP starts poking into the traffic and making decisions about it based on *who* it's going to/from they may find themselves in a pretty sticky spot; ie: "oh, you can do this to voice traffic to a set of IPs? Well then you also need to verify that none of your users are doing ANYTHING illegal, and if they are, you must block it". No ISP (no matter how gigantic) wants to go down that road.
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