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<P><FONT SIZE=2>I believe the FCC is addressing inter-carrier compensation in Feb. So potentially the problem could be solved soon.<BR>
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Revenue sharing at .007 doesn't seem so attractive to the ILEC or the conference provider.<BR>
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----- Original Message -----<BR>
From: voiceops-bounces@voiceops.org <voiceops-bounces@voiceops.org><BR>
To: Dane Jasper <dane@corp.sonic.net><BR>
Cc: voiceops@voiceops.org <voiceops@voiceops.org><BR>
Sent: Sat Jan 29 08:19:27 2011<BR>
Subject: Re: [VoiceOps] Troubles calling those free conference services<BR>
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If so, we would have to band together on an ILEC network, as charging<BR>
the typical CLEC termination rates could get us accused of "traffic<BR>
pumping" ourselves.<BR>
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Dane Jasper wrote:<BR>
> I wonder if there is an opportunity for carriers to cooperate to<BR>
> eliminate the market for these traffic pumping services. In other<BR>
> words, if carriers were to band together and cooperate to launch a<BR>
> free conferencing service, chat services, etc, we might limit in some<BR>
> way the impact of the business model.<BR>
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> -DJ<BR>
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>>> Frank Bulk wrote:<BR>
>>>> Since when did our industry stop providing carriage and completing<BR>
>>>> calls?<BR>
>>><BR>
>>> Since when did this industry aid and abet thieves? It's not very<BR>
>>> different from a doctor who gives you cholesterol drugs and vitamins<BR>
>>> instead of telling you to stop eating at McDonald's twice a day. Is it<BR>
>>> better to help someone keep doing the wrong thing? We have an<BR>
>>> opportunity to affect positive change in telecommunications.<BR>
>>><BR>
>>><BR>
>>> --<BR>
>>> Carlos Alvarez<BR>
>>> TelEvolve<BR>
>>> 602-889-3003<BR>
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