> What I'd like to see is a P2P telephony that also supports end-user > gateways to the POTS. I'm not certain, but I think there are some MS
However, I don't see people letting others use their POTS lines, nor I see them
using their own for this purpose. Yes, this would essentially eliminate long
distance charges for those so equipped ... but if A and B have these gateways
and use them, what is the chance of them not being AT the gateway (ie. not
having laptops) at any given moment - why bother using POTS in the loop in the
first place ?
VoIP companies are already doing this and the cost is quite low (calling cards)
- why bother?
Because it means you can complete call to the POTs with no company-controlled switch involved, meaning no where to serve a court order. Since the call could be routed through a few intermediate nodes and still not have too much latency traffic analysis could take longer than short calls. Since the last gateway could be selected from a potentially large group, in major cities anyway, obtaining a phone tap in time could be come problematic.
Also, if long distance charges don't drop to zero soon, it means participating residential users could actually resell their POTS.
steve
