<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">It is important to remember that after the 6 years, tandem rates are not touched. So if the Free Conference Call provider is able to run lean, it can remain in the business.<div><br></div><div>--John</div><div><br><div><div>On Dec 6, 2011, at 7:36 AM, Nitzan Kon wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" style="font: inherit;">Sections 18 and 19 are even more important, essentially by July 2013<br>interstate and intrastate rates would become the same (finally!), and<br>within six to nine years all carriers are required to transition to Bill and<br>Keep. Unless something changes by then - within less than a decade<br>access charges would become history.<br><br>So yes- so-called "free" conference calls would have to adapt to lower<br>rates immediately, and in the long run they'll have to start charging as<br>their source of income.<br><br>--<br>Nitzan Kon, CEO<br>Future Nine Corporation<br><a href="http://www.future-nine.com">http://www.future-nine.com</a><br><br>--- On <b>Tue, 12/6/11, Dovid Bender <i><asterisk@dovid.net></i></b> wrote:<br><blockquote style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; padding-left: 5px;"><br>From: Dovid Bender <asterisk@dovid.net><br>Subject: [asterisk-biz] The
death of Free conference calls?<br>To: asterisk-biz@lists.digium.com<br>Date: Tuesday, December 6, 2011, 5:12 AM<br><br><div id="yiv556583803">
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<div class="yiv556583803Section1"><p class="yiv556583803MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;">Anyone see this?</span></font></p><p class="yiv556583803MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.telecomlawmonitor.com/uploads/file/ICC_USF%20Executive%20Summary%281%29.pdf">http://www.telecomlawmonitor.com/uploads/file/ICC_USF%20Executive%20Summary%281%29.pdf</a></span></font></p><div><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;"> </span></font><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="yiv556583803MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;">Look at page 5 section 17.</span></font></p>
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