> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of > Owen DeLong > Sent: Friday, April 01, 2005 7:08 PM > To: David Barak; nanog@merit.edu > Subject: Re: Vonage Hits ISP Resistance > >
[ SNIP ] > 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<
