rradina
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Chesterfield, MO | How do we regulate Vonage? Let's assume Vonage is a phone company and should be regulated like a phone company.
What would Vonage be forced to do? I don't think it's all about taxes and fees. Aren't the phone companies required to provide everyone service? How can Vonage do this when only about half of America can get the HSI that Vonage requires?
In my opinion, even if Vonage is a phone company, they will never be able to comply with the regulations imposed on phone companies because too much of the equation is out of their control. Therefore, how can they be a phone company? |
| CLECs are not required to provide everyone service, they can pick and choose. They can serve just businesses if they want to.
Think of VoIP more like Cellular service, is everyone covered? Can you use it everywhere? Is it subject to lifeline requirements? What are the Service Level Agreements if any?
As those in the blackout found out, you can lose your cell service, want phone service that is required to keep on working or have specific intervals of restoration? Keep a landline.
In a big disaster the landlines get busied out anyway, someday the best of both worlds will come together, packet voice, no busy signal, cheap AND reliable. |
