said by nitzan:If this passes, what it means is higher rates
for POTS customers and
lower rates for
VoIP customers.
I'm all for it- there is no reason why a domestic call should cost more than a cent a minute wholesale.
This will just speed up the migration from POTS to VoIP.
Actually quite the opposite. The want to overhaul the "intercarrier compensation" system. All phone companies charge themselves fees to connect the calls between each other. Basically a peering arrangement between the telcos. If AT&T and Verizon get their way, Level3, Global Crossing, etc will pay more per minute to terminate calls. While most VoIP providers don't connect directly to the PSTN they do pay these larger carriers for that service, even the providers that do or the smaller CLECS... everyone is going to pay more.
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