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November 18, 2003
Qwest to offer VOIP in Minnesota
Well the bells are caving. Qwest to offer Internet phone service | CNET News.com. Their first assault on VOIP was a page right out of the music industry's playbook: the lawsuit. Cheap phone service has got to be illegal! Look at all these federal mandates the traditional phone companies have to support, of course these upstart internet guys can offer cheaper service because they don't have to support all the crap the Feds make us do. Like number portability, rural access, 911 and so-on. Well a judge in Minnesota just decided that the VOIP guys don't have to pay those fees. So devoid of their legal argument, Qwest had to enter the fray. Expect them to position the other guys as unreliable.
This is getting interesting
Posted by Martin at November 18, 2003 10:42 AM
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