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> -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]On Behalf Of > Bill Nash > Sent: Thursday, March 10, 2005 2:57 PM > To: Christian Kuhtz > Cc: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Vonage service suffers outage > > > > On Thu, 10 Mar 2005, Christian Kuhtz wrote: > > >> I think the final nail in this coffin is the Vonage > >> banner ad/masthead which describes them as "the > >> broadband phone company." > >> > > But it's broadband! Shsssssh. It's an information > service. It's IP. These > > are not the packets you're looking for. > > > > ;) > > > > What all this really shows is just how outdated the > regulatory framework > > really is. Once VoIP (or whatever the application formerly > known as VoIP) > > stops looking like a PSTN emulation, this will get only > more absurd than it > > already is. > > > > I disagree that the regulatory framework is outdated, but > instead offer > that the classification of IP networks has changed as new > services have > arisen, and been embraced by, the consumer. > > I don't purchase POTS service for my home. I have cable internet, and > that's it. I don't even purchase cable TV service. Just a > data feed. A la > carte, I purchase VOIP service from whoever I want. It stops > being a mere > broadband information service the instant it connects to global PSTN. It's called "Triple Play", voice, data, video. -M<
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