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Re: How will incumbents spoil Vonage?
They will lobby the FCC and Federal Government to pretend it's the same as placing a long distance phone call, and that it needs to be taxed, tarrifed, and rated the same.
They will also lobby that they need to be paid some of the money for a vonage "call" using some excuse like the call passes over their network to the end user. This overlooks the fact the CUSTOMER pays them for this service already.
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rradina
join:2000-08-08
Chesterfield, MO
| They use CLECs to complete the call to the POTS network. Aren't there already ILEC fees charged to complete calls on behalf of CLECs? I was also under the impression that the LD carriers were also charged fees by the ILEC/CLECs to complete the call at the destination.
If my impressions/assumptions are correct, Vonage is probably already charged in a manner similar to LD providers and/or CLECs. If so, they've probably already factored that into the price of their service.
Perhaps the only thing in Vonage's favor are the cable carriers. I was under the impression that they have lobbied hard to ensure that their broadband offerings don't come under the control of TA1996. They maintain that "data" transmission is not communication in the "voice call" sense and therefore they don't have to open their networks to competition. If they start fooling with this notion, E-mail, chat programs, on-line gaming...you name it might fall under the TA1996 definitions and therefore be subject to all sorts of nasty regulations. | |
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