Sadly, your suggestion is rational and valid, but not likely to happen.
The official "cost" of a copper pair is on the order of $25 to $50 per
month, depending on the effectiveness of the lobbyists.
"Wait?!", you say, "how is that possible if regular phone service is only
sold for $15 per month?"
Ah, you see they claim that they lose money on their service while
simultaneously posting record profits. That is because business is horrible
and/or great depending on whether legislators or shareholders are in the
room. ILECs are not bound by the laws of the regular universe.
But wild political machinations aside: operationally, using copper pairs
cannot be used the way you described for ... reasons.
John
At 11:09 AM 7/21/2005, Austin McKinley wrote:
I Am Not a Telco Engineer, BUT:
What if part of your monthly VoIP service included a stripped down, leased
PSTN line from the carrier? Say, another 2 bucks a month.
