[Asterisk-biz] Vonage bows to 911 pressure

[Greg Boehnlein]

On Thu, 5 May 2005, Ted Wallingford wrote:
  
> On Thursday, May 05, 2005, at 01:56PM, Greg Boehnlein <damin at nacs.net> wrote:
> 
> >Anyone that got into the VoIP business and didn't do their homework (aka 
> >the entire Lemonade Stand, Reseller of a Reseller, Voice over Public 
> >Internet) is in trouble...
> >You cannot compete w/ the ILEC. You don't own the last mile of Copper. You 
> >will always be at their mercy and will always be at a disadvantage. The 
> >FCC isn't helping matters.
> 
> Greg--good to see you fired up as usual!
> 
> Regarding the last mile.  I agree with the basic principle that slavery 
> to the ILEC will hurt the independent IP telephony business--just not 
> with the idea that it makes it impossible for independents to compete. 
> It's all about adding value to the proposition. Independents always have 
> a better chance of adding real value than Bell does, regardless of who 
> owns the infrastructure. Besides, if we're talking about E911, then it's 
> Bell's dominion over the PSAP, not the last mile, that enslaves TSPs to 
> the ILEC. 
> 
> I'm also interested in seeing what this means for Skype. Skype would 
> fall into the same category, would it not?

You would think!


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