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Technology Stocks : Voice-on-the-net (VON), VoIP, Internet (IP) Telephony
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To: X Y Zebra who wrote (403)4/8/1998 9:15:00 AM
From: Frank A. Coluccio  Read Replies (1) of 3178
 
Hi Zebe,

As things stand today, some important criteria used to determine the applicability of fees are: whether the LEC's end office Class 5 switch is used to originate / terminate the call, and whether the public network data bases are used. It's not as simple as that, but that's the general idea.

A separate network overlay, entirely, as you suggest? Think of the capital investments that would be required to make that work on a comparable level to today's PSTN. By the time it was built, someone would have the grand idea to institute a universal services fund for those who couldn't afford lifeline services.

Teledesic and other wireless local loop alternatives could be the answer if they refrain from using the network elements I mentioned above. Not likely, tho, IMO. Not until a bifurcated means of doing directory lookups is in place, one that could meld the Internet's addressing schema with that of the ITU-defined numbering plan. Lotta work with questionable returns. Not likely in the near term.

Even Moores Law cant deliver on perpetual motion, or some form of something for nothing, as I infer some VoIP enthusiasts would like to see. The logic behind such an end continues to evade me, if the end game in such a scheme is to create a service that can be given away for free... but that's a different discussion.

There is no telecommunications without the expenditure of considerable energy and dollar outlays for administration and physical plant build-out.

Regards,
Frank Coluccio
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