[AusNOG] M2 buy Primus

[Jake Anderson]

On 16/04/12 14:01, Mark Delany wrote:
>>>> Also interesting
>>>> today: http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-04-16/vodafone-to-offer-fixed-line-services/3952846
>>>>
>>>> Vodafone going to do fixed line in AU.  Suspect times will never be uninteresting in
>>>> Australian telecommunications.
>>> Been wondering when they would get around to doing this - since Vodafone NZ bought
>>> ihug (from iiNet) in late 2006, and several other countries globally where Voda does
>>> fixed-line as well as mobile for almost a decade.
> As a term, "fixed-line" seems as quaint as rotary dial; but maybe
> that's merely press-friendly lingo.
>
> In any event, will there be much money in "fixed-line" in years to
> come? If the NBN continues to roll, won't must in-country calls
> devolve to P2P SIP?
>
Bet you a coke that for the next 30 years or so each carrier will have 
free calls to other users of carrier then bill you for calls to any 
other carrier.

Separating voice calls for your "carrier" is going to be too much for 
most to handle, and barring some sort of govt lead service a PSTN phone 
number will be required for most people to make voice calls, not 
everybody has or wants skype/other private option.

So should the govt/NBNco provide some kind of broker service?
Essentially providing a pathway to make all NBN > NBN voice calls free 
and providing a "simple" method for number portability.