Matt Larsen - Lists wrote:
Perhaps we have a disconnect. I am advocating that the business
continue to use ILEC or CLEC lines for their fax services.
I'm not managing the backend for the fax lines for the customers that
I am talking about. A large business in my area, is 10 or more
employees. This is a very rural area, but with many of the same needs
as a larger business. Having a separate bill for the fax line is not
a big deal to them.
If the businesses are happy to have a mixed solution like that then go
ahead and sell it. That sort of thing doesn't fly in our market.
You are right, this solution is not 911 compliant. Neither is service
from Nufone, Teliax, Voipjet, Stanaphone or hundreds of other VOIP
carriers out there. The question of the degree of 911 compliance is
very much up in the air right now because the FCC's requirement is
basically unenforceable. Skype is not compliant, and yet there are
millions of people on their service. As far as I'm concerned, all of
the hoopla around 911 compliance is BS that is out there to scare
people out of the voip business and tie up the resources of the people
who are in it. The model I put together never touches the PSTN, it is
purely data - no different than Skype or MSN messenger with voice
enabled or Xbox live with players talking to each other. The
distinction of what consitutes "911 capable phone service over IP"
has not been made yet and will not be made for some time.
You can argue the FCC's 911 requirement all your want, but nevertheless
it is there and they can fine you. If you believe the risk is
justifiable based on your revenue projections then by all means go ahead
with it.
Tying up valuable financial resources into an early stage market like
this and expecting to make a large committment without guaranteed
revenue possibilities is insanity. Committments also reduce
flexibility, and that is a key to the success of the small ISP/WISP
operator. If someone comes out with .5 cents a minute or lower
termination for low volumes, I will be able to switch my outbound
service to that provider with a couple of configuration changes. You
are going to be stuck with your committment, and if they can't deliver
the same thing you will be out of luck. It's like signing a four year
contract for Internet backbone at todays rates. The people who did
that in 2003 are now paying twice as much for bandwidth as people who
didn't sign long term contracts and maintained their flexibility.
You don't need to sign a four year or large minute commitment to get
$0.005 per minute termination. Our wholesale customers average $0.002 to
$0.009 per minute depending on call patterns and markets served with no
commitment.
-Matt
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