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By kattanna on 4/28/2006 12:43:51 PM , Rating: 2
I actually think this is all about the local telcos coming up with a way to kill of outside VOIP services, thereby ensuring their local customers have to use any VOIP service they themselves provide.

i honestly dont think they give one rats booty about that video you might stream down from cnn or such.

VOIP is going to decimate their hold over the local telco fees they now get from everyone.

VOIP providers will then be forced to pay a premium so that their traffic is not lagged, thereby meaing crappy call quality. they will make that premium just enough to make sure that the VOIP providers will have to raise their rates above what the local telco will be able to provide, ensuring most people stay with the local telco for phone service.

the amount of money the local telco makes from data services is a pitance compared to what they make from you calling grandma and such...

VOIP is the only real "streaming" media that needs a solid connection for it to work properly. You can always download a video to watch it, and most streaming vids always have a good buffer going to allow for lag time and such nowadays anyways. but you CANT buffer or have lag on VOIP.

thats my reasoning to what they are doing.

By lamestlamer on 4/28/2006 1:43:45 PM , Rating: 2
Bingo! This is actually the crux of the matter. If you haven't noticed, VOIP is gaining strength because it is a cheaper alternative to a dedicated analog land line. This is anti-capitalism at its best. Legistate the new, superior competition to death with the massive profits made by a previous monopoly. What every happened to the monopoly busting and competition friendly laws of the 20th century?

