[Asterisk-Users] Will VoIP ITSP's be Next?

[Alexander Lopez]

Comsumer acceptance of VoIP has caused the TelCo's to rethink their
profitablility, but that so no secrect to those on this list.
 
It would appear that the treat is real enough for others, such as Google
to start taking preventive measures
http://www.ivt.com.au/latestnews/id/68
 
VoIP as a technology is the way to go, especially with convergence.
However, as it has been stated before, with the Public Internet you
cannot control QoS or even connectivity. This solidifies that fact.
 
 


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	I would say what is going to prevent content providers like
google and yahoo becoming telcos. Now they too would have their peer
arrangement.

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	Will VoIP be Next?
	
	Telco's that provide Internet services to their customers are
now
	trying to charge select companies for large volumes of content
that
	pass over their network to their paying customers! What part of
this
	"greed fest' makes any sense to you? Telco's sell DSL telling
	customers how much faster it is, how much they can do with
Highspeed
	Internet connections and now they want to charge non-customers
for the
	right to see their paying customers. CONFUSED? Damn so am I.
Telco's
	pay nothing for Internet connections as they get their traffic
from
	what are called peering agreements. Say I have a bunch of
customers
	and you have a bunch of customers...Then it is in our best
interest to
	peer so our customers can communicate with each other. This is
done
	99% of the time at NO COST to company A or company B. Now
companies
	like Verizon are demanding companies like Google pay them
stating that
	bandwidth intensive content is being passed over their networks
and
	they should be compensated. Ok so you flip to the other side and
the
	Verizon DSL customer has been sold on the fact services like
Google,
	Yahoo and many many smaller just plain super Internet goodies
are now
	going to travel into their computers at highspeed. Why the
double
	standard? GREED. That is it just plain old fashion GREED. The
past few
	years have not been good for Telco's. Cable companies are able
to
	offer better service and are now entering the phone markets as
well.
	Hey call me stupid but can we see where this is going? From the
How Do
	I Get More Profit Department Mr. Telco is at it again. The
customer is
	paying for access to a river of sorts. That river is called the
Global
	Internet. The Telco decided to enter that market. The Telco
decided to
	agree to PEER and accept traffic from other Global Internet
providers.
	The Telco decided to spend millions telling customers BUY OUR
	HIGHSPEED DSL service so they could access bandwidth intensive
content
	like music, TV, large files and more. Huge marketing plans are
in
	action daily. So what have these customers really bought? Good
	question. Maybe it is time for a Telco customer to get an
Internet
	savvy lawyer or two and sue the hell out of these companies that
are
	trying to restrain competition, block free trade and maybe just
maybe
	even eliminate services their customers count on to run their
daily
	business.
	
	To the TELCO I say "Folks pull your heads out of your collective
	asses" or your going to fail at this worse then you have failed
at
	DSL. Stick with your core business and stop trying to profit off
the
	inventions of others. Most of all stop trying to restrain trade.
If
	you fail to hear the phone ring it is going to cost your
shareholders
	a huge pile of cash one day very soon.
	
	PS: The Internet is a place where new ideas come and go by the
minute.
	If this sort of stupid nonsense is allowed to start it will
never end.
	What has become a world without borders, the connected will fast
	become the disconnected. Mr. Telco the Internet happened while
all of
	you were asleep at the "switch" so wipe that evil smile off your
	faces. To me Telcos are nothing more than OED's ( One Eyed
Droids )
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