[Asterisk-biz] Vonage bows to 911 pressure

[Steven Kalcevich]

There are plenty of small dialup providers / DSL / colo providers out. 
Yes it will get harder but your statement is not correct. They wont just 
vanish.

Expect much of the market to consolidate, dry up
and eventually be taken over ny the ILECS, same as Dial Up, DSL and
Dedicated Internet Access.

Mojo Jojo wrote:

> Geesh, thanks.. I guess I should just go put a bullet in my head..
>
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>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Greg Boehnlein" <damin at nacs.net>
> To: "Commercial and Business-Oriented Asterisk Discussion" 
> <asterisk-biz at lists.digium.com>
> Sent: Thursday, May 05, 2005 12:19 PM
> Subject: Re: [Asterisk-biz] Vonage bows to 911 pressure
>
>
>> On Thu, 5 May 2005 bclem at im-online.net wrote:
>>
>>> This is something I've been wondering about. What does this mean for 
>>> the small
>>> US based VOIP providers? We don't have the cash or the resources to 
>>> partner
>>> with the verizon's of the world in order to provide E911 Services.
>>>
>>> If the ruling comes down, doesn't this essentially kill all of us small
>>> providers? This also helps the bigger boys too I would assume. Thus 
>>> unfairly
>>> providing advantage to them. We could bring a class action lawsuit 
>>> if it came
>>> down to it.
>>>
>>> What do you guys thing of all this mess and how it affects us?
>>
>>
>> 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. Expect much of the market to consolidate, 
>> dry up
>> and eventually be taken over ny the ILECS, same as Dial Up, DSL and
>> Dedicated Internet Access.
>>
>> 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.
>>
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