On 12/05/2015 05:14 PM, Erik Flournoy wrote:
allow carriers to directly connect via packets
This is more complicated than it seems, although part of that is definitely because the incumbents want it to be. Still, see prior 2000s-era art on "federated domain peering policy control" and the like. Proceeding from the assumption that voice is a public utility and has regulatory involvement (e.g. public safety, civil emergencies), and not World of Warcraft, leads to the conclusion that some sort of systematic, integrated admission, egress and routing policy control is needed. There hasn't been anything like industry-wide agreement as to what those things should be. Eventually someone like Inteliquent shows up and decides for you, with a view to their bottom line, of course. -- Alex -- Alex Balashov | Principal | Evariste Systems LLC 303 Perimeter Center North, Suite 300 Atlanta, GA 30346 United States Tel: +1-800-250-5920 (toll-free) / +1-678-954-0671 (direct) Web: http://www.evaristesys.com/, http://www.csrpswitch.com/