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<P>The plain truth is that about 45 percent of broadband lines in the
United<BR>States are ADSL lines. Those lines nearly always have a PSTN line
provided<BR>with the broadband service at no additional charge. That is also
true in<BR>nearly every other country.<BR><BR>If you use CPE equipment from Zoom
with its "TelePort", you will have E911<BR>compliance at no additional monthly
cost. Zoom's product uses the PSTN for<BR>emergency calling, and it also reports
to the server that there is a PSTN<BR>line connected. That reporting function
assures compliance with the FCC<BR>mandate. <BR><BR>There are other
advantages to this approach but it could also be easier to sell VoIP
<BR>if customers are asked to migrate to VoIP rather than make a cold turkey
switch.<BR><BR>This way customers can be offered all benefit and no negatives.
VoIP can let them<BR>continue with their PSTN service and receive all PSTN
benefits while also<BR>gaining new capabilities such as a free second phone
line, far lower<BR>long distance rates, a very rich set of extra features at
little extra cost - <BR>without asking them to give up anything.<BR><BR><BR>And
with this approach, VoIP services are not likely to lose revenue.
Devices<BR>like Zoom's gateways and ATAs can be set to use VoIP services as
the<BR>default. If a VoIP service plan is usage based, the revenue will
develop<BR>while the consumers will be introduced to VoIP in a very
non-threatening<BR>manner. <BR><BR>--
Larry</P></FONT></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>