A Miami man was charged with stealing more than 10 million minutes of VOIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) telephone service and then selling them to unsuspecting customers for as little as US$0.004 per minute.
The decision by the Canadian Radio Television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) limiting regulation of voice over IP (VoIP) to local phone service would turn off telecom players from further investing on next-generation networks, an industry analyst said today.
North Americans have become accustomed to telephone service that survives practically anything. When catastrophe closes roads and cuts electrical power, often the telephones are still working.
German consumers and small businesses seeking cheap telephone service in addition to high-speed Internet access can plug into a new Net offering next month.