It appears that the RBOC's are ganging up on VoIP via a well coordinated effort that could have the same impacts as a DOS attack on a server. Read on.
For years I have suspected that the RBOC's seem to operate with some form of disconnected syncopation. This most recent filing and the SBC initiative keeps having me thinking that.
Welcome to the great American telecom cartel. Whilst in the UK broadband might be slow and expensive, at least I have a choice of 30+ ISPs, naked DSL is due to arrive soon, and unbundled copper is about to take off with massive wholesale price cuts.
The USA is back almost exactly where it was pre-breakup of Ma Bell, just repeated on a regional basis. Time to restructure again, this time on horizontal slices rather than vertical geographic ones.
Posted by: Martin Geddes | November 21, 2004 at 03:18 AM
As it has been said, "Being Paranoid is ok."
:-)
Posted by: Jeff Pulver | November 20, 2004 at 07:24 PM