After all this time, you still don't get it....
USF, taxes, and national interest are built into the PSTN.
The FCC E-911 ruling was just one hurdle to prevent VoIP from
deflowering the PSTN.
As it is, at every turn, the BOCs are losing lines.
Cable has taken almost 10M VoIP lines already.
Universities are moving to VOIP in droves.
U of South Florida in Tampa has 42000 Avaya handsets.
U of Central Florida in Orlando has 24000 handsets that Telcove just won
from BellSouth.
The VPF is on track for 10B minutes. (Might explain Primus' woes).
Hurricane damage hurt Sprint, SBC and BST these last 3 years - to the
tune of 100's of millions.
Profits are dropping quarter over quarter.
They are in a price war with cable while racking up debt.
Things will be done to preserve the USF fund and the tax base.
As Ken said at ISPCON: "Who wants to be in office when the PSTN goes down?"
- Peter
Frank Muto wrote:
Well one would think so. If the Bell's feel they need to be
compensated, then pay the thousand of ISP's and Clec's they put out of
business by use of their political contributions. Their day is coming
to pay the piper one way or another.
Frank Muto
Co-founder - Washington Bureau for ISP Advocacy - WBIA
Telecom Summit Ad Hoc Committee
http://gigabytemarch.blog.com/ www.wbia.us <http://www.wbia.us>
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