Comment There is a negative side too (Score 4, Insightful) 119
Not that I like the large telcos or excessive regulations, but there are many good social services that regular telephone companies are legally required to provide at their expense that these new VoIP companies will not have to provide:
- Free access and services for the disabled, e.g. speech to text translators for the deaf/mute and hearing/speech impaired as well as mute people. (You call a 1-800 number and a person types what you say into a TTY and tells you what the other person wrote and vice-versa)
- Cheaper rates for the poor
- 911 location service - e.g. you have a stroke at your home and call 911 and can't speak, they can still locate you
and there are quite a few more.
best regards,
Florian
- Free access and services for the disabled, e.g. speech to text translators for the deaf/mute and hearing/speech impaired as well as mute people. (You call a 1-800 number and a person types what you say into a TTY and tells you what the other person wrote and vice-versa)
- Cheaper rates for the poor
- 911 location service - e.g. you have a stroke at your home and call 911 and can't speak, they can still locate you
and there are quite a few more.
best regards,
Florian
