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Telcos Fire First Blast Against VoIP |
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Nearly two weeks ago, LawMeme favorably reviewed Vonage, the most popular VoIP service (The Future of Telephony Today). One of the issues noted is that such systems are likely to become quite popular over the next five years, assuming that the local telephone companies don't squash what could be a major threat to them. Well, the first move against the upstart VoIP companies is occuring, according to a report on C|Net News (Net phone hang-ups looming?). The old guard telcos are complaining about how the new VoIP systems are allocating phone numbers. For example, although I am located in New Haven, CT, my Vonage could easily have a California area code and number. Telcos don't want to provide this service, or things like number portability, and want to prevent companies like Vonage from providing them either. By restricting how VoIP services can allocate numbers, the telcos hope to dent the growing market and set precedent for regulation of these companies. Telcos also hope to reduce how many numbers can be allocated, claiming that the US will soon run out of numbers, like in 2025. C|Net has a related story on how VoIP services can better serve the corporate market (Cranking up IP telephony). [via BoingBoing]
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