[asterisk-biz] Re: Retail VoIP E911

[Mark Armstrong]

Except Australia! No charge for a PSTN line,wow.

On 8/10/06, Larry Hancock <larryjoe at westok.net> wrote:
>
>  The plain truth is that about 45 percent of broadband lines in the United
> States are ADSL lines. Those lines nearly always have a PSTN line provided
> with the broadband service at no additional charge. That is also true in
> nearly every other country.
>
> If you use CPE equipment from Zoom with its "TelePort", you will have E911
> compliance at no additional monthly cost. Zoom's product uses the PSTN for
> emergency calling, and it also reports to the server that there is a PSTN
> line connected. That reporting function assures compliance with the FCC
> mandate.
>
> There are other advantages to this approach but it could also be easier to
> sell VoIP
> if customers are asked to migrate to VoIP rather than make a cold turkey
> switch.
>
> This way customers can be offered all benefit and no negatives. VoIP can
> let them
> continue with their PSTN service and receive all PSTN benefits while also
> gaining new capabilities such as a free second phone line, far lower
> long distance rates, a very rich set of extra features at little extra
> cost -
> without asking them to give up anything.
>
>
> And with this approach, VoIP services are not likely to lose revenue.
> Devices
> like Zoom's gateways and ATAs can be set to use VoIP services as the
> default. If a VoIP service plan is usage based, the revenue will develop
> while the consumers will be introduced to VoIP in a very non-threatening
> manner.
>
> -- Larry
>
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