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[email protected] wrote: > Subject: Re: More on Vonage service disruptions... > > >> Yeah, I forgot about the regulation thing. I suppose I'd give the >> ISP a call first, but I'd expect it to be working within a few >> hours. But now that cable modem providers themselves are providing >> VoIP/dialtone, wouldn't those be regulated by the FCC? > > A few quick observations here (my own, personal opinion): > To paraphrase an earlier comment " a 90K stream is not an > issue" but what about 10,000's of them? > In the circuit switched arena, the LEC's compensate each > other for either originating (toll free) or terminating > traffic (LD) in a regulated environment. Thus there is some > business reason to build the network out to handle the level traffic. > That is not the case here (with VoIP), as most ISP's are > paying for transport, peering connections, backhaul circuits, > internal network bandwidth, etc. The IP Phone providers may > be paying THEIR ISP, but the $$'s don't nescessarily flow > down to the ISP that the customer is connected to. > That end user's ISP must now pay more for transit, plus beef > up their internal network infrastructure to handle the > additional traffic. That would result in having to raise > rates, perhaps making the previously viable, dirt cheap, VoIP > look like not so competitive a choice (vs. traditional > dialtone) to the end user anymore. > A question to ponder - what would happen to your network , > from both a technical and financial perspective if all of > your customers circuit switched voice traffic suddenly became ip? I think you answered your own question. ISP's would have to raise rates, and voip may suddenly be not as attractive a choice for phone service. It seems to me that market forces will handle this "problem" rather nicely on their own. Right now VoIP providers and users are getting a bit of a free lunch. It's certain not to last. Andrew
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