highjinx
join:2000-10-12
Alturas, CA
|  reply to deejaycez
A little guess work for the future
quote:
If it's a local phone service, the FCC requires that there be an active '911'.
NO problem. ADSL as a product lends itself nicely to an IP Telephony consumer solution that is 911 capable. Anything IP enabled (phone, computer, PS2 or XBox, etc.) will be networked to a gateway. This router/gateway box will know whenever someone dials any number but 911, the call will route via IP to either the PSTN or another IP enabled phone set. If someone picks up a phone and dials 911 in the home, the gateway’s call manager will route 911 calls over the POTS line. Problem taken care of.
Good or bad, the RBOX are chopping at the bit to deploy VoIP/IP Telephony (some of you know the difference) to the consumer market. They know that this is where their next vertical market will come (sort of like caller ID, but with better margins) and are investing today to roll this out soon. This is one of the main reasons why they're so desperate to get into LD (they want to carry the traffic end to end) and take out the middle man....err can you say Tauzin Dingell!!!
Now for some fun at guessing what kind of consumer packages will be out there.
Starter Package
So lets say for $109.95 monthly you get one line with up to 128k/1.5M ADSL service.
2 Virtual lines (changeable in real-time via RBOX website), 2 Integrated email and voicemail boxes (voicemail in your Outlook inbox and vise versa), 2 hour monthly gaming subscription, 2 free VoD, 100Mb Home page, Caller ID, call return, call forwarding, call screen, speed calling, blah, blah, etc.
All IP to PSTN calls are 5 cents / minute (with 250 free LD minutes /month)
All IP to IP calls are 5 cents /minute (250 free minutes /month)
Premium Package
So lets say for $229.95 monthly you get one line with 384k/1.5-6M ADSL service.
6 Virtual lines (changeable in real-time via RBOX website), 6 Integrated email, voice, & video mail Boxes, video chat (with other RBOX sub’s), unlimited gaming subscription, 8 free VoD movies, conference calling (up to six IP or 3 PSTN), 200 Mb Home page, caller ID, call return, call forwarding, call screen, speed calling, blah, blah, etc.
All IP to PSTN calls are 5 cents /minute (500 free LD minutes /month)
All IP to IP calls are 3 cents /minute (500 free minutes /month)
Can you blame me for trying to have a little fun???
HJ
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