| Carey Gregory 2005-05-21, 10:53 pm |
| Jer <gdunn@airmail.ten> wrote:
>I'm also now wondering who's going to take the hit for hotels when a
>tenant plugs their internet phone into the wall jack. The hi-speed
>internet service at some hotels requires the tenant to occasionally
>re-certify their in-room internet service via an auth code provided by
>the front desk when necessary. And it's not always free.
So what? The technical issues of mapping a hotel connection to the hotel
and room number are trivial compared to, say, determining a cell phone's
location. Internet cafes, libraries, and all sorts of public access points
will have the same issue. I guess they'll either have to figure it out or
quit providing VoIP to those locations.
VoIP providers got into the business of providing public telephone service,
but they didn't bother providing the whole package and you see the results.
It's easy to undercut the other guys when you're allowed to skip the hard
parts. Well, now they can't, and it's about time. All the FCC is saying is
they have to quit being half-baked telephone companies and become real ones.
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