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The US infrastructure is partially made of copper. It would be very expensive (but doable) to change that. Laws, carriers, whatever. Doesn't make a difference,
by AdrianEGraphene 7y ago
The US infrastructure is partially made of copper. It would be very expensive (but doable) to change that.
Laws, carriers, whatever. Doesn't make a difference, we still have no say over enacting your suggestions. We can sit here and theorize all day about what may work, but if you cannot implement or test your solutions in the real world, what's the point?
That's why I suggested coming up with solutions that do not require the participation of large entities. Although I am HIGHLY biased, since I'm working on a peer to peer solution.
- heartbeats 7y agoWhat do you mean? You would continue to use the copper infrastructure, but fibre connections in to it would be regulated. A serious ISP could still do them, but one that just allows random people to make an account wouldn't be allowed to connect. So, Verizon could peer their copper network with Sprint's copper network and connect them over fibre, but if Verizon would accept fibre peering with random VoIP providers Sprint wouldn't peer with them because they would be liable for fines.
- AdrianEGraphene 7y agoLet's just assume you've described the perfect solution. Now, how do you make it actually happen? What steps can you take to go beyond making theoretical comments on a online forum, to having a working experimental version handling calls on my Android phone?
- heartbeats 7y agoIt would have to be signed into law, as the title of the thread implies.