On Fri, Dec 16, 2005 at 10:27:22AM -0500, C F wrote: > The point, I was very surprised to see that Israel has such laws that > still gives Bezek the control to stay the monopoly. But they do, it is > illegal in Israel to open a VoIP company like what we can do here > (which is getting harder here as well because of the 911 requirments). > Unless you have a license as a phone company.
Why is that so odd? The UK only deregulated voice a couple of years ago as part of an EU directive. Previously any one offering voice services had to have a telco license, now anybody can be a telco (but they have obligations under the Communications Act, which many are not aware of or maybe ignore). It takes a while for countries to demonopolise state companies (I don't think the French gov has divested all of FT yet) ... Israel will get there. Also once you let phone calls out into the wild, you cant tap them and governments may have a vested interest to do so. Steve -- NetTek Ltd UK mob +44-(0)7775 755503 UK +44-(0)20 79932612 / US +1-(310)8577715 / Fax +44-(0)20 7483 2455 Skype/GoogleTalk/AIM stevekennedyuk / MSN [EMAIL PROTECTED] Euro Tech News Blog http://eurotechnews.blogspot.com _______________________________________________ --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- Asterisk-Biz mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-biz
