Keith Major wrote: > So, how can we stop the gov't? I'm open to ideas and one of them is to > organize the different AUGs across Canada and go after them. Also we can > help out www.cavp.ca in their positioning. Also, we can approach the CRTC > and show support for them.
You could also help yourselves out with by passing the PSTN altogether and encourage inter-connection directly over the internet with things like utilising e164.org for SIP address lookups while still using existing phone numbers. For people new that want to test the water, voxalot.com have a free SIP proxy service (similar to free world dialup), however it lets you write simple web based dial plans to route calls via different VoIP providers eg diff provider for local, long distance and international... Encouraging people to stop wasting money on PSTN calls would be the first step, the telco monopoly in Australia is starting to realise they can't screw people over as much (I'm sure it won't stop them trying in future), because VoIP has a big price difference (long distance calls are up to 25c per minute with a 39c connection fee)... A number of VoIP providers are offering untimed calls to any land line in the country for 10c per call. -- Best regards, Duane http://www.cacert.org - Free Security Certificates http://www.nodedb.com - Think globally, network locally http://www.sydneywireless.com - Telecommunications Freedom http://e164.org - Because e164.arpa is a tax on VoIP "In the long run the pessimist may be proved right, but the optimist has a better time on the trip."
