-----Original Message----- From: owner-nanog@merit.edu [mailto:owner-nanog@merit.edu]On Behalf Of Bill Nash Sent: Thursday, March 10, 2005 2:57 PM To: Christian Kuhtz Cc: nanog@nanog.org Subject: Re: Vonage service suffers outage

On Thu, 10 Mar 2005, Christian Kuhtz wrote:

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I think the final nail in this coffin is the Vonage banner ad/masthead which describes them as "the broadband phone company."

But it's broadband! Shsssssh. It's an information service. It's IP. These are not the packets you're looking for.

;)

What all this really shows is just how outdated the regulatory framework really is. Once VoIP (or whatever the application formerly known as VoIP) stops looking like a PSTN emulation, this will get only more absurd than it already is.

I disagree that the regulatory framework is outdated, but instead offer that the classification of IP networks has changed as new services have arisen, and been embraced by, the consumer.

I don't purchase POTS service for my home. I have cable internet, and that's it. I don't even purchase cable TV service. Just a data feed. A la carte, I purchase VOIP service from whoever I want. It stops being a mere broadband information service the instant it connects to global PSTN.

It's called "Triple Play", voice, data, video. -M<