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Re: [General] June 15, 2018 said by mgraves1:In the regulatory space he's doing good work with the major ILECs, even if its value to you may not presently be obvious.
I am glad to hear that, and wish him success.
But this whole project has previously been discussed here.
»(Ooma) Voice Communications Exchange (VCXC)
In that thread, it was discussed that this "committee" requires payment of $10,000 per MONTH per COMPANY.
This committee does NOT actually provide any phone equipment or such, they just TALK and make REPORTS and RECOMMENDATIONS.
Sort of like the United Nations.... 
Now, consider the finances of this committee:
$10,000 a month multiplied by 12 months multiplied by about 45 companies who are members is well over 5 million dollars a year.
I may be an ignorant dope, but that seems like a lot of money to spend on coffee....
Especially when the biggest players (AT&T and Verizon) have huge in-house engineering and business staffs of their own.
So is this really needed, or is it like the fairy tale [The Emperor's New Clothes]?
We will see.
Best of luck to those involved. |
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| said by PX Eliezer:$10,000 a month multiplied by 12 months multiplied by about 45 companies who are members is well over 5 million dollars a year.
I may be an ignorant dope, but that seems like a lot of money to spend on coffee.... I expect that VCXC is a lot like USTelecom or CTIA, but As an industry trade association with a legal and regulatory focus it has a requirement for lawyers and lobbyists...hence the need for funds.
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Michael Graves
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| Good points, and as I said I do wish them luck. 
But they depart from other industry and trade groups in charging the same dues to every company [regardless of size].
Most industry groups---even down to local Chambers of Commerce---charge based on relative annual revenue, or numbers of employees, or some such.
Charging the same 10,000 monthly dues to a huge company like AT&T as to a tiny company like ZipDX, just seems strange.
As Trev said in the older thread, such a policy ensures that the smaller companies will not join, or will drop out. |
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