Vonage Hits ISP Resistance

Thu Mar 31 19:55:34 UTC 2005

On Thu, 31 Mar 2005, Steve Sobol wrote:

> Bill Nash <billn at 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