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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I agree 100%, if the tools were available to me at
a price that was reasonable, I would offer it along with all dialtone service.
At the moment I don't offer dialtone service anyhow but hassles like 911 are
just one reason why we have not gone down that road yet.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
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style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=admin@purecom.com href="mailto:admin@purecom.com">admin</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A
title=asterisk-biz@lists.digium.com
href="mailto:asterisk-biz@lists.digium.com">Commercial and Business-Oriented
Asterisk Discussion</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, April 21, 2005 7:03
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Asterisk-biz] FW: 911
Legislation</DIV>
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<DIV>AMEN BROTHER!!!!!<BR></DIV>
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Message-----<BR>From: "Jason Brown" <<A
href="mailto:jason@bpns.net">jason@bpns.net</A>><BR>To: <<A
href="mailto:asterisk-biz@lists.digium.com">asterisk-biz@lists.digium.com</A>><BR>Cc:
<BR>Date: Thu, 21 Apr 2005 01:12:42 -0400<BR>Subject: [Asterisk-biz] FW: 911
Legislation<BR><BR>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Hey. I want to give my customers
911 service. Truly I do. My customer’s safety is important to me. Before we
go legislating lets make sure we are on a level playing field by:
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Open access to the ALI databases
to providers that can provide a reliable interface and stop sole-sourcing in
to the ILECs.<o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Open access to central listing
and stop sole-sourcing to the ILECs.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">I went to OM2Tech, they first
told me 250.00 to set up, then 250.00 min monthly, plus .25 per DID, that
was a small price to pay. Then I open up shop, call them, ready to go, then
they tell me it’s going to be a little more than double. No problem, I don’t
care, I want to provide my customers with the
service.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Now, they tell me, sorry,
BellSouth WILL NOT ALLOW THIS. So I call Intrado (BellSouth’s contractor for
the ALI) who tells me sure I can do it, 4500 DOLLARS SET UP, and 3500
DOLLARS MIN MONTHLY, .50 PER DID.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Now I ask you, what kind of crap
is this? I called my representative, the Hon. Tom Feeney, whose assistants
informed me sorry, they don’t have anything they can tell
me.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">If you are going to break the
monopoly, BREAK THE DAMNED MONOPOLY. You cannot have Chairman Powell stand
there and encourage us to innovate and create and then tell us you have to
buy 911 service from the ILEC at a price none of us can afford without a
major investment. That won’t even begin to break even for which in my case
would be over a year at least to get 7000 subs, and that would be with a lot
of luck. Realistically, my goal was 1500 subs residential this year and 50
biz subs.<o:p></o:p></SPAN> </FONT>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Once again, I want to offer 911
to my customers. Give me the tools. Heck I would gladly eat 2 bucks a month
to provide 911 service just as a matter of public safety…I was considering
that I could do a cost of 4 bucks a month and eat two. But here we are, I
guess I tell me customers that no, I don’t have 911 service. But why? Vonage
and Packet 8 do? Do they really or is it Level 3’s 911 call center?
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">The big companies get away with
this crap thanks to major vulture capital investment that allows them to
hire armies of lawyers and lobbyists and ridiculous sums of advertising. You
want innovation? Level the damned playing field. There is a need for people
like me that actually answer the phone for my customers. There is a need for
people like me that actually fix a customer problem immediately. There is a
need for people like me who actually get the billing right and don’t BS the
customer. If you legislate 911, fine, give everyone equal access to the ALI
and listings. Otherwise, what have you really accomplished? Give the
consumers a choice between the ILEC that loves to trample and screw their
customers and the MegaVoip company that just doesn’t have to provide ANY
level of service at all?<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">That is not promoting
innovation, ideas, and competition. Of course, that’s not the job of the US
Congress anymore. The job of the US Congress is to do exactly what the
highest contributors and most influential lobbyists ask of them. Guess what
gang…they could give a rats you-know-what about
“competition”<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT>
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