On Thu, 2007-12-06 at 21:56 -0500, Reza - Asterisk Enthusiast wrote: > Thanks to the de-regulation of the industry... its provided the smaller > guys for greater opportunities... and if the big guns like Bell, Allstream > and others are not quick to change -- they will loose millions in revenue. > They already are.
Just a small bit of clarification; the industry has not been deregulated. Far from it. In almost every area of Canada the rates the ILEC charges is set artificially high to encourage competition. Up until recently the ILECs were not allowed to compete on price for any wireline service. However, with the introduction and subsequent success of cable VoIP (Rogers, Shaw, etc), most residential service in Canada where cable VoIP exists is now free from economic (price) regulation. Note that this applies to residential, not business service. In the above described scenario; Bell is the ILEC, Allstream is the CLEC. Bell is price regulated; Allstream is not. Regards, -- John Lange President Canadian Association of Voice Over IP Service Providers. 1-866-940-CAVP (2287) --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
