[asterisk-biz] FCC: Telcos Must Interconnect VoIP

[Matt]

I agree... while this sounds good.. something seems odd.   How would a telco
stop calls from routing from TW since the calls really would be originating
from whatever CLEC or iLEC they were working with.

On 3/2/07, Dean Collins <Dean at cognation.net> wrote:
>
> Hi Matthew,
> How were they not interconnecting in the past? What was happening when
> VoIP carriers tried to deliver calls to these numbers?
>
>
>
> Regards,
>
> Dean Collins
> Cognation Pty Ltd
> dean at cognation.net
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> +1-917-207-3420 Mb
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: asterisk-biz-bounces at lists.digium.com [mailto:asterisk-biz-
> > bounces at lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of Matthew Rubenstein
> > Sent: Friday, 2 March 2007 6:07 PM
> > To: Asterisk-Biz
> > Subject: [asterisk-biz] FCC: Telcos Must Interconnect VoIP
> >
> >       The FCC ruled that TimeWarner's VoIP service must be freely
> > interconnected with POTS service by telcos, even though the FCC
> doesn't
> > classify VoIP as a "telecom *service*":
> > http://www.multichannel.com/article/CA6420646.html?display=Breaking
> > +News .
> >
> >       Does this affect Asterisk operators (eg. competing with TW)? Any
> > previous restrictions now lifted? Continuing restrictions not avoided
> > because this decision is TW-specific? Or was TW facing restrictions
> that
> > Asterisk operators haven't faced?
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> > (C) Matthew Rubenstein
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