"Qwest this week became the first bell to officially throw their hat in the ring, ..."
Not really...
BellSouth officially offered a branded VoIP service months ago (actually it was resold Vonage under the BellSouth name)... and they were in the position of competing with themselves. They have already ceased offering the service. -- DSL Lab Rat
Yep... I remember that... I seem to recall that the disagreement was over blocks of telephone numbers that the VoIP community was wanting... -- DSL Lab Rat