What's a "Phone"? (was: Re: [asterisk-biz] Nufone appears to be on the rebound)

[Greg Boehnlein]

On Fri, 19 May 2006, Matthew Rubenstein wrote:

> 	The FCC has used the "reasonable service expectation" policy as a
> criterion for VOIP 911 service support:
> http://www.technewsworld.com/story/43229.html .
> 
> 	The New York City Council (legislature), among other jurisdictions uses
> that expectation policy to inform its lawmaking and oversight as well:
> http://www.nyccouncil.info/issues/report_act.cfm?mtfile=T2004-1426 .
> 
> 	Those expectations transcend the "info service" vs "info network" false
> dichtomy confounding so much governance of modern telecom. 911 forces
> the issue, because people's reasonable expectations can't be changed to
> meet lower vendor standards, and lives are at stake all day long.
> Whether those policies govern the rest of "telephony", or remain limited
> by the traditional image of "telephony" as people can begin to expect an
> "Internet dialtone" for more varied services, will be played out over
> the next few years.

So.. :) How does this affect the question of Number Portability from 
Vonage to another CLEC? I, as a consumer, have a "Reasonable Service 
Expectation" that if Vonage is charging an LNP charge that they should 
allow me to port the number.

I don't use Vonage, and never will, so I don't know if they do or do not. 
I'm just asking if anyone who has ever gotten a bill from them knows 
wether their line items on the invoice reference the LNP charge?

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