>>> On Thu, Nov 16, 2006 at 10:05 AM, in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Simon P. Ditner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > That doesn't sound like very good news. VoIP is just getting across that > chasm from early adopters to general consumers, and this overruling seems > to cast the pioneers aside in favour of the incumbents to line their > pockets. > > I particularly like this snippet: "companies such as Vonage, Primus > Canada and AOL Canada which have been taking away thousands of > traditional telephone subscribers" ... oh no, thousands, poor Bell, > surely this atrocity can not be allowed to continue.</sarcasm>
I don't mean to resort to trite political aphorisms, but given that the current government is very pro-business, this is an unsurprising (though disappointing) development. Still, it doesn't necessarily mean the death of the pioneers. After all, many third-party DSL providers operate successfully in the same space as the big boys. Many people, and indeed companies, may make a conscious decision not to go with the traditional telcos for VoIP service, because of "out-of-band" factors (e.g. crappy customer service) so there is still opportunity there. - Julian -- -- Julian C. Dunn, P.Eng. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- Platform Administrator * CBC.ca Production & Operations -- Office: 2C310-J * Tel.: (416) 205-3311 x6988
