You're all over thinking this

Fri Jul 22 20:25:22 UTC 2005

Sadly, your suggestion is rational and valid, but not likely to happen.

The official "cost" of a copper pair is on the order of $25 to $50 per 
month, depending on the effectiveness of the lobbyists.

"Wait?!", you say, "how is that possible if regular phone service is only 
sold for $15 per month?"

Ah, you see they claim that they lose money on their service while 
simultaneously posting record profits. That is because business is horrible 
and/or great depending on whether legislators or shareholders are in the 
room. ILECs are not bound by the laws of the regular universe.

But wild political machinations aside: operationally, using copper pairs 
cannot be used the way you described for ... reasons.

John

At 11:09 AM 7/21/2005, Austin McKinley wrote:
>I Am Not a Telco Engineer, BUT:
>What if part of your monthly VoIP service included a stripped down, leased 
>PSTN line from the carrier? Say, another 2 bucks a month.