[Asterisk-Users] Re: Is this good or bad

[Rich Allen]

whomever is the "carrier of last resort" (generally the ILEC) would 
find it next to impossible to "refuse" a subscriber (someone wishing to 
originate/terminate traffic)

- hcir

On Nov 10, 2004, at 10:26 AM, Thomas Eugene Hayden wrote:

>
> Eventually, companies like Vonage are going to get shafted because SBC 
> (or whomever) can refuse to terminate traffic from them because they 
> will only be handling IP traffic and not analog voice.  The FCC won't 
> be able to do anything and neither will any state regulatory bodies 
> because both have pledged to have zero regulation in IP traffic.
> I'm not an attorney, just a college student studying telecom, so take 
> my opinion for what it's worth...