The only other "telcos/cellcos" here that have local numbers are US Cellular and Verizon. None of the big VOIP carriers do, such as Vonage/Packet8/take your pick. They have NO Clec's here either.
Scottie Arnett President Info-Ed, Inc. Electronics and More 931-243-2101 sarn...@info-ed.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Fred Goldstein" <fgoldst...@ionary.com> To: "WISPA General List" <wireless@wispa.org> Sent: Monday, November 21, 2011 8:01 PM Subject: Re: [WISPA] FCC releases USF/ICC Order, rules on subsidizing ILECs > At 11/21/2011 07:50 PM, Scottie Arnett wrote: >>How can you offer voice if you can not get local phone number's because of >>a >>rural telephone cooperative? > > I don't believe a rural cooperative can prevent you from pulling > numbers from the NANPA. They are even required to interconnect with > you for the exchange of traffic which, under the new rules, will > *eventually* (like 9 years out) be at bilk-and-keep. You might > however have to interconnect indirectly, via a third-party tandem, > and there's some issue of recourse if they block calls to you. They > are not required to lease you any network elements. And they don't > like to be, well, too cooperative... but I'd first want to check > with the lawyers to know exactly how much privilege an RTC still has. > > > > -- > Fred Goldstein k1io fgoldstein "at" ionary.com > ionary Consulting http://www.ionary.com/ > +1 617 795 2701 > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > WISPA Wants You! Join today! > http://signup.wispa.org/ > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
