Look, Telcos make a ton of money renting out pipes crisscrossing this country.
When a ISP pays them for a OC192 They are making huge profits. However they are not making anything like the profit they make when they use a OC192 for POTs calls. (Plain Old Telephone).
And as someone else has already pointed out, the Telcos are already using VOip to send the calls across long distance, they convert all the calls from a POTs call to a data stream that they then compress and send across their lines to the local city where they are converted back into POTs. The only difference from how they do it, and how VOip companys do it is the telco calls never leave their own network.
The question you need to be asking yourself is if the Telcos can make a profit renting out lines for data use (Read internet backbone). And Voip companys can make a profit running VOip over the rented lines AND paying the telcos to put the calls back onto the local networks..... then why are the Telcos charging so freaking much for POTs calls?
They could make a profit at 1/10th the price they charge. Face facts the telcos are ripping us off and have been doing so for a VERY long time.
Have fun, and show your hate for the telcos by not making POTs calls when you can use any other method of communicating. E-mail, IM, Many Cell phone plans, or even internet voice communications software. (Team Speak anyone?)
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Look, Telcos make a ton of money renting out pipes crisscrossing this country. When a ISP pays them for a OC192 They are making huge profits. However they are not making anything like the profit they make when they use a OC192 for POTs calls. (Plain Old Telephone). And as someone else has already pointed out, the Telcos are already using VOip to send the calls across long distance, they convert all the calls from a POTs call to a data stream that they then compress and send across their lines to the local city where they are converted back into POTs. The only difference from how they do it, and how VOip companys do it is the telco calls never leave their own network. The question you need to be asking yourself is if the Telcos can make a profit renting out lines for data use (Read internet backbone). And Voip companys can make a profit running VOip over the rented lines AND paying the telcos to put the calls back onto the local networks..... then why are the Telcos charging so freaking much for POTs calls? They could make a profit at 1/10th the price they charge. Face facts the telcos are ripping us off and have been doing so for a VERY long time. Have fun, and show your hate for the telcos by not making POTs calls when you can use any other method of communicating. E-mail, IM, Many Cell phone plans, or even internet voice communications software. (Team Speak anyone?)