From: Hannigan, Martin (no email)
Date: Fri Apr 01 2005 - 19:44:20 EST
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [mailto:]On Behalf Of
> Owen DeLong
> Sent: Friday, April 01, 2005 7:08 PM
> To: David Barak;
> Subject: Re: Vonage Hits ISP Resistance
>
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> Email. Why should
> it apply to VOIP? Just because it's a voice service? 911
> service is not
> a standard feature of many voice appliances availble today.
It has nothing to do with the appliance.
> Various two-way
> radios, for example. VOIP is VOIP. It is _NOT_ the PSTN.
It's not VoIP either, it's a protocol that is transmitting a voice
call in a non-traditional manner and making them any-to-any
connections.
That doesn't mean that it shouldn't have traditional services.
Many State PUC's agree, but they were pre-empted by the FCC Pulver
Order.
> It may be that
> the PSTN loses many of it's customers to VOIP. It may be
> that the best
> services available are those that integrate the capabilities
> of VOIP and
> the PSTN, but, in the end, it still remains that they are
> different services
> and should be subject to different requirements and regulations.
911 is a hot competitive issue. It'll get worked out.
-M<
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