calvoiper
join:2003-03-31
Belvedere Tiburon, CA
| reply to packetscan
Re: Back to Fees
There are significant costs involved because currently some VoIP providers have the barest minimum of connections in a metro area, and in some states this requirement would mean that they would have to connect to every PSAP--literally hundreds of new trunks.
In those states that use 9-1-1 "routers" (which actually are circuit based switches performing a tandem switching function) the connections may be fewer, but your "ownership" question moves to the front burner.
In many cases, those 9-1-1 fees go in large part for paying the ILECs for rental of facilities at pretty steep rates.
calvoiper
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