Comments on Cellphone 911 in California Is A DisasterTypePad2007-11-26T15:50:04ZAndy Abramsonhttps://andyabramson.blogs.com/voipwatch/tag:typepad.com,2003:https://andyabramson.blogs.com/voipwatch/2007/11/cellphone-911-i/comments/atom.xml/Sandman commented on 'Cellphone 911 in California Is A Disaster'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d83451b99869e200e54fa408f588342007-11-29T16:24:31Z2015-08-07T10:26:25ZSandmanhttp://profile.typekey.com/sandman@redvsblue.com/You know the reason, Andy. The LECs (who own most of the wireless subscribers anyway) put the pressure on the...<p>You know the reason, Andy. The LECs (who own most of the wireless subscribers anyway) put the pressure on the VoIP providers via their political puppets at the FCC for no other reason than to create financial and technical burdens to slow down the upstarts such as Vonage (pureplay) and Comcast (bundled) from stealing their landline customers. At $36/month for basic phone service, I'd be terrified if some competition threatened my cash cow, too.</p>