Steve
I'm a PC, so shut up
Consultant
join:2001-03-10
Yorba Linda, CA
| Re: I love this quote... And I loved this quote:said by the article:
Consumer VOIP providers such as Vonage make money by delivering their service over the last-mile networks of ISPs. ISPs do not share in that wealth. How is VOIP different from any other kind of pay service, such as streaming DI.FM music (monthly subscription), a porno site (monthly subscription), or online gaming (monthly subscription). In none of these cases does the ISP get a cut of anything other than what they charge for the circuit (monthly subscription).
This seems like really unprincipled reasoning to me.
Steve
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xrobertcmx
Premium
join:2001-06-18
Sterling, VA
clubs:  | DI still offers free service...I don't use them, but I know they are there.
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Steve
I'm a PC, so shut up
Consultant
join:2001-03-10
Yorba Linda, CA
| Re: I love this quote... said by xrobertcmx  :DI still offers free service... They won't for long if nobody pays: I pay.
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Premium
join:2001-06-18
Sterling, VA
clubs: | Re: I love this quote... 3 month Gold subscriber myself. | |
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Premium,ExMod 2003-06
join:2001-03-15
hiatus
| said by Steve :They won't for long if nobody pays: I pay. Good choice in music...
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64 bit CPUs and OSes? That's so 1996.
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ssj4android
Redefining Reality
join:2002-04-14
Wyoming, MI | Re: I love this quote... I'll stick with Chronix. Good music, and free.  | |
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Skippy25
join:2000-09-13
Hazelwood, MO
| If they are upset about this then they can apply this same stupid logic to anything that requires a fee over the internet.
They can demand %'s of Ad income, order profits, monthly subscription fees, or even 1 time subscription fees to anything and everything that charges one on the internet.
Which simply shows the flaw in these greedy bastards logic. | |
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Jason Levine
Premium
join:2001-07-13
USA
| This just in: The phone company has realized they aren't sharing in the wealth produced by calls to the Home Shopping Network. Therefore, Verizon is now blocking all calls to HSN. Luckily, you can still call the Verizon Shopping Network to buy similar items at a similar price.
All joking aside, I think the only reason that the ISPs are targeting VoIP is that they want to leave open the possibility of rolling out their own VoIP solution and don't want any pesky competition should they decide to do so.
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Karl Bode
News Guy
join:2000-03-02
Host:
Road Runner
PC gaming GAMES
PC gaming Tech
1 edit | Re: I love this quote... Considering the Darwinian bloodshed that's going to occur as 8 million VoIP providers try to flood the market over the next three years, I really don't think incumbent providers (in this case Bell Canada in concert with Clearwire) have much to worry about.
They (MSO's, bells) own the government, and the government will ensure they dominate smaller independent carriers. Users will get VoIP from the same company they're getting TV/broadband from, anyway - which thanks to government will be the incumbents. There won't be a need to block competing services. | |
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