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And this is precisely why the RBOC's are refusing to pay the settlements to the CLEC's. I personally agree that settlement based peering won't work (with current technology). Whoever figures out a good solution gets a truckload of beers from me ;) > > In fact, this already happens with telco termination charges. > For example, > there are CLECs that call up dialup ISPs and offer free PRIs. > They plan > to make more on termination charges than they could possibly > get from the > ISPs in a competitive environment. Aside from the fact that > they don't > have copper in the ground, this is the reason CLECs don't > want residential > customers, since they would be the ones paying termination > fees on originated > calls. When enough CLECs are concentrating on businesses > that only have > incoming calls (ISPs, tech support centers, 900-style > services, etc), Bell > will scream to the FCC that termination charges need to be > reevaluated. > With this approach, eventually *no one* will want customers > that make lots > of outbound calls -- let the other providers have them and > then collect the > money when they call your customers. > > The point is it is an unstable environment. Unlike > capitalism where our > innate greedy nature serves to balance the system, in this > case the greedy > nature serves to unbalance the system by promoting inefficient use of > resources. > > John Tamplin Traveller > Information Services > [email protected] 2104 West Ferry Way > 256/705-7007 - FAX 256/705-7100 Huntsville, AL 35801 > > |