 MooJohn
join:2005-12-18
Milledgeville, GA | reply to Jonbo298
Re: Free with a hitch... Think about it: internet traffic goes over the same lines as voice. We didn't (directly) pay anything for the internet traffic going over these backbones, yet we still agree to pay by the antiquated system of "how many miles apart are the two parties" when paying for telephone calls. How ridiculous!
Phone co's will say that voice calls are more expensive since they tie up a line for the entire duration of the conversation. Data transfer is switched, meaning more data can flow over the same number of lines. Great. Convert voice to data for the long-haul routes and treat everything as data, even using (*gasp*) traffic shaping!
If I can communicate with anyone anywhere in the world for roughly $45 a month no matter how much bandwidth I use, I think we deserve the same ability with the simple century-old telephone.
Just like cable companies fighting to keep you from choosing other local stations on your dish television, phone companies will fight till the end to preserve the cash cow they have now in local phone service.
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John M -Cranky network guy |
