VoIP Sabotage > This is probably going to cause problems.

reply to calvoiper

Re: If the sky falls, can I hide on your property?

said by calvoiper:

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If your ISP is a Cable Co. or a Telco or a BPL electric utility, its lines pass over municipal streets, sidewalks, and easements. Those municipalities could easily add a "non-discrimination" clause into the use of ROW ("Right Of Way") language the next time these agreements are renegotiated. In many states, this authority rests with the State PUC for telco service, but is still with the municipalities for non-telco services such as Cable and BPL. So the arguments above regarding ISP use of municipal easements are valid. (And yes, the non-discrimination clause could apply to routing schemes affecting QoS just as well as "bare access".)

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...a separate question, with a long and involved separate answer.

Basically, it boils down to the fact that VoIP providers don't know where their customers are physically located unless they are told. While it's quite possible to set up for a fixed address, it becomes MUCH harder for a computer or VoIP phone on the move.

Calvoiper
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VoIP--the death knell of remaining voice monopolies!

said by calvoiper:

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...a separate question, with a long and involved separate answer.

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It's not as if the ISP has any guarantees--if I use ISPaffiliate VoIP service, and then go on the road to Dallas, my ISP provider has the same problems connecting me to 9-1-1 in Dallas that Vonage does....

Calvoiper
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VoIP--the death knell of remaining voice monopolies!