On Tuesday, September 2, 2003, at 06:24 PM, Masataka Ohta wrote:
Simon;
Voice over IP is paradoxically both internet and telephony at the same time. This article presents the paradox, and associated arguments.
There is no paradox. The internet carries information.
You should, at least, distinguish VoIP as a telephone network and the Internet telephony.
There is no "internet telephony"... there is "IP telephony" which is not running on the public internet. There is also VoIP on the public internet which I like to call "Voice Chat".
In Japan, TAs to connect the Internet and POTS telephone devices are rapidly replacing the telephone network including VoIP ones.
... do they provide PSTN-level availability? in an emergency / power failure?
a. VoIP is telephony and should be regulated.
b. VoIP is internet and should not be regulated.
Why, do you think, the Internet without voice should not be regulated?
It is.
It is? Not to my knowledge, and especially, not on the issue of availability and reliability.
Paradoxical reguration on voice in US is a US local issue.
Please cite a document, I don't find any japanese regulation that makes it any different there...
simon
Masataka Ohta
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