Yes, if the
UCC can deregulate to this extent. I suppose 2005 should see a player or two
coming in with VoIP carriers. It's so easy to provide, but will, no doubt, raise
some fundamental billing - from inter-connect relations, to the ILEC/CLEC
definitions, to billing and reconciliation, to future growth and migration
e.t.c
Regards,
Mark Tinka - CCNP
Network Engineer, Africa Online Uganda
-----Original Message-----Great article, very relevant to Uganda's future I think.
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Subject: lug_: Time to Rewrite the Rules of Telecom
http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/sep2003/tc2003098_0676_tc004.htm
Now that voice calls can be sent over the Net, existing phone regulations are becoming irrelevant. The FCC has to make some tough choices
Since its launch in April, 2002, Internet telephony company Vonage has been a rip-roaring success. Over the last year, the Edison (N.J.) company signed up 45,000 customers, who pay a flat rate of $39.99 a month for unlimited local and long-distance calling, plus caller ID, voice mail, call waiting, and a bevy of other services.........................
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