John: " Just a small bit of clarification; the industry has not been deregulated. Far from it. "
Can you please clarify? Are you 100% sure the industry has not be de-regulated? There was a time when one could not be an ITSP or small companies could not provide phone services with their own equipment. No one could provide phone services other than the ILEC or the CLEC. Speaking with the guys at Industry Canada / CRTC -- anyone can apply for licenses these days and when you pay the right fee with the correct paper work submission, obtaining a license is relatively straight forward. Becoming a CLEC is a different story. If the industry was not de-regulated... then as per your claim, we are doing illegal business. Are you talking about "De-regulation" as in regulating "prices". If that's the case I completely agree with you. When I am using the term "De-regulation", I mean anyone can be a telephone company or an ITSP these days regardless of them being an ILEC and CLEC. Please provide your thoughts and feedback on this when you have a chance. Best, Reza. ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Lange" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, December 07, 2007 9:52 AM Subject: Re: [on-asterisk] Scary Call from Bell Muscle Men... 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] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
