jazzy_ join:2004-01-27 Charleston, SC
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jazzy_
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2012-Dec-3 8:55 am
mehITU is one of the reason's it's stupidly expensive to make international phone calls when it should be essentially free from a competitive standpoint. |
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The ITU made it possible to call internationally. But while some providers charge a crap load to call outside of the country, other providers are dirt cheap and even free. If you pay more than most others, then its time to shop around. |
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Easy solutionThis "problem" has a ridiculously easy solution: the content providers can simply say that they won't pay. At that point, the only thing that the telcos can do is block access to those sites, and we all know how well that'll work out with customers.
I don't get all the hand-wringing with this. Just call their bluff. |
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XANAVirus Premium Member join:2012-03-03 Lavalette, WV |
Agreed. It's basically a guarantee that the telcos will blink. After all, no one wants to lose consumers, and calling their bluff like this would affect all telcos.
Ergo, no matter what the telcos would have to blink, since you can't just switch to a carrier that doesn't impose this idea and get around the block. |
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KearnstdSpace Elf Premium Member join:2002-01-22 Mullica Hill, NJ |
to ISurfTooMuch
right on the money.
if an ISP blocked Google over not paying their protection racket that ISP would lose customers at an astounding rate. |
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axus join:2001-06-18 Washington, DC |
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Re: mehIt's pretty bad, I forgot to turn off my cell phone and was paying $4 per minute for the call I took. Google Voice and Skype all the way |
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Metatron2008You're it Premium Member join:2008-09-02 united state |
to ISurfTooMuch
Re: Easy solutionIF the ISPS can convince the UN to takeover the internet and make this legal there is nothing the content providers could do. |
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Except that the UN has no power to take over anything. The UN and ITU can say anything they want, but they can't create regulations. Only national governments can do that through treaties and supporting legislation, and there seems to be little support for anything like this outside the UN.
I think this is one of those situations where those who support this junk are making as much noise as they can to hopefully cause everyone else to forget that there's nothing substantial behind any of it. It's all just bluster, and I've observed that, the more of that that you see, the less substance there is to back it up. |
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to axus
Re: mehhow do you forget to shut your phone off??? the phone should have hung up when the other party did. |
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Re: Easy solutionOne would have to assume you could get another ISP. |
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ARRIS SB6183
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ITU History LessonThe ITU has been around in various forms for over a 100 years and has contributed to the standards that made the telegraph and the telephone work world-wide. Aside from setting standards for modems (the fax and data kind for phone lines), they've largely been pushed to the curb by the internet. I think they see themselves as setting standards for buggy whips in the automotive age and don't like their prospects. Setting themselves up as toll collectors for the many governments who still view international communication as a way to raise money without offending the locals preserves some role for the ITU in the 21st century. |
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