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Squawk Box October 9th, InterCarrier Compensation - Verizon weighs in. Conference call organized by Alwaysoncarl

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InterCarrier compensation battles continue at the FCC and now Verizon has sent their view.

Now we will all take a look at the last six months of petitions and discussions and ask the question. What is the impact of the election on the commissions decision.
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James Body said:
and Rod Ullens too
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Alwaysoncarl said:
i will have you, john todd and shockey in that discussion
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Alwaysoncarl said:
we should have that debate
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James Body said:
For a number of reasons
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James Body said:
On balance I think that we like ITU telephone numbers best
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Dan York said:
jkohlen@gmail.com
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James Body said:
I think that or view is that an end point for services is the same, irrespective of whether it is identified by an ITU assigned number or an IETF URI or even a propritary 'Buddyname'
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James Body said:
The problem is that we are setting ourselves up as an INTERNATIONAL operator so we cannot escape from the devilish detail
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Alwaysoncarl said:
about wireless settlements with in the EU member states
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Alwaysoncarl said:
that is why Viviane Reading is advocating so hard
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Alwaysoncarl said:
yes but you aren't so lucky when dealing with intercountry
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James Body said:
It is clear from the European viewpoint that the current N American system is overly complex and is based upon legacy procedures
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James Body said:
Is the 'tax' somewhat less for a nomadic/mobile service?
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Alwaysoncarl said:
so as to force reform
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Dan York said:
What about the state governments who are addicted to their state taxes on telephone fees?
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Alwaysoncarl said:
make it the worst model that exists today
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Alwaysoncarl said:
that says absent bill and keep
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Alwaysoncarl said:
i know there is a poison pill position internal to one of them
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Alwaysoncarl said:
sort of
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Dan York said:
So we have AT&T, Verizon and Qwest *supporting* the bill-and-keep reform... and we have the rurual carriers opposing it?
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Mark Hewitt said:
"Microsoft: U.S. Broadband Policy 'Total<br/>Failure'"<br/><br/> <br/><br/>http://tinyurl.com/53s77j
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Mark Hewitt said:
Did you see that even Microsoft calls the US Broadband act a total failure
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Alwaysoncarl said:
but i will ask
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Alwaysoncarl said:
i know you living in a rural area would be a significant
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Dan York said:
Sorry... my connection died... was my question answered around whether there is any value in *individuals* sending in comments?<br/>
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James Body said:
Get it dealt with quickly before the administration changes!
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Mark Hewitt said:
Yes - did you see how watered down the Senate version of the Broadband act was: http://broadbandcensus.com/blog/?p=787
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Dan York said:
Right... Jan 20, 2009 is the end of the Bush administration.
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Alwaysoncarl said:
i am sure its the packet sniffer between us
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Alwaysoncarl said:
no worries
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Dan York said:
(Sorry for the poor audio today... having IT issues.)
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Dan York said:
Can *individuals* submit comments as well?
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Dan York said:
Is there a deadline for these comments?
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Dan York said:
"Permanent fees don't belong on the Internet. Geographic fees are hard to do and have no place in the world of IP."
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Dan York said:
What can companies do?
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James Body said:
Sure
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Alwaysoncarl said:
yes
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James Body said:
Next week?
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Alwaysoncarl said:
james will you add your take on Emergency services around the world?
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Mark Hewitt said:
I will; Rick and I have a call at 1:30 today
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Alwaysoncarl said:
invite them for next week please Mark
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Mark Hewitt said:
We should talk after the conference
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James Body said:
Aha
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Mark Hewitt said:
I have a working JV using there technology for our EOC technology; currently our ECOSoft group is working on a FEMA project
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James Body said:
Which?
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Mark Hewitt said:
Yes
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James Body said:
Mark - are you connected commercially with Vixxi - or do you use them?
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Dan York said:
Is the VON Coalition info page the best place to stay up on this? http://www.von.org/info.asp
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Alwaysoncarl said:
will do
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Mark Hewitt said:
Carl - we should ask Vixxi to join one of our regulatory sessions
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