http://www.markevanstech.com/2005/05/12/canada-regulates-voip/ A Canadian Take on the Web Mon, 08 Sep 2008 11:32:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 http://www.markevanstech.com/2005/05/12/canada-regulates-voip/#comment-264 Anonymous Fri, 15 Jul 2005 04:41:18 +0000 http://markevanstech.com/?p=564#comment-264 congrats mate! Fine job and fine site! <a href="" title="" rel="nofollow"></a> congrats mate! Fine job and fine site!

]]> http://www.markevanstech.com/2005/05/12/canada-regulates-voip/#comment-263 Anonymous Fri, 13 May 2005 13:22:33 +0000 http://markevanstech.com/?p=564#comment-263 Cableco's also have resellers, and are mandated to provide certain parts of their networks and services for resale... Things are brewing in that respect. But I believe that the ILECs and Cableco's will try their best to keep VOIP in- house as long as possible Cableco's also have resellers, and are mandated to provide certain parts of their networks and services for resale… Things are brewing in that respect. But I believe that the ILECs and Cableco's will try their best to keep VOIP in- house as long as possible

]]> http://www.markevanstech.com/2005/05/12/canada-regulates-voip/#comment-262 François Fri, 13 May 2005 01:11:08 +0000 http://markevanstech.com/?p=564#comment-262 Remember that all that ILECs have to do is to price their services above costs. However, the CRTC did not create any linkage between plain old telephone service tariffs and the new VoIP tariffs that Bell has to file. Bell can thus argue that their costs are $8 per month and ask for a mark-up of 15.0001% and the CRTC will be forced to say that this passes the imputation test. The danger for Bell is that everything that is a tariff must be made available for resale. Depends how much the ILECs want to go after the cableco's to defend their turfs. It will be interesting to see the evolution of the necessary alliances between the ILECs and all of their resellers as a collective blow aginst the cable carriers. -=Francois=- Remember that all that ILECs have to do is to price their services above costs.
However, the CRTC did not create any linkage between plain old telephone service tariffs and the new VoIP tariffs that Bell has to file.
Bell can thus argue that their costs are $8 per month and ask for a mark-up of 15.0001% and the CRTC will be forced to say that this passes the imputation test.
The danger for Bell is that everything that is a tariff must be made available for resale.
Depends how much the ILECs want to go after the cableco's to defend their turfs.
It will be interesting to see the evolution of the necessary alliances between the ILECs and all of their resellers as a collective blow aginst the cable carriers.
-=Francois=-

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