[79180] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Vonage Hits ISP Resistance
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Bill Nash)
Thu Mar 31 14:51:58 2005
Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2005 11:55:34 -0800 (PST)
From: Bill Nash <billn@billn.net>
To: Steve Sobol <sjsobol@JustThe.net>
Cc: nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <ie8eyk.4r9mim@yourwebmail.com>
Errors-To: owner-nanog@merit.edu
On Thu, 31 Mar 2005, Steve Sobol wrote:
> Bill Nash <billn@billn.net> wrote:
>
>> regular basis, I imagine regulation will happen, especially if ISPs keep
>> trying to inhibit consumer choices.
>
> There's a fine line between "inhibiting consumer choices" and "ensuring that
> you don't end up spending more money than you're collecting for the services
> you provide."
>
I'm not discounting that. It just doesn't seem to me that actual VOIP
usage is significant enough, in existing billing models, to warrant the
behaviour we're seeing. I'd be interested in seeing the figures
surrounding this, if anyone has them.
- billn
