[Cialug] Freese Notis has VOIP aka IowaTalk.com

[Mr. Arthur]

Hey, Jon I thought you guys had 
VOIP going up there in Marshalltown 
for awhile.   IowaTalk.com is what 
we call our brand of all Voice over 
Internet Protocol suite of services.

It is a combination of everything 
it takes to get the job done.

On Fri, 29 Apr 2005, Jon Clemons wrote:

> I was merely saying I thought the
> intrastate rates were a
> bit high considering you can
> can buy wholesale long distance
> blocks or long distance T-1's
> with rates between 1-3 cents
> a minute. Not to mention on my
> current Qwest plan I only pay 5 cents
> a minute for intrastate long distance.

If you look at real bills from
the interstate side with real
volume (like some of our customers 
are doing now) and the real 
numbers look different enough
after you add in the 'real' 
situational factors.

This would not be the first
time the telco's talk about
one cost and charge another.

>> When the LATA's officially fall, the
>> sustainable business price will likely
>> go down as well for VOIP from 
>> Freese-Notis.

Let me re-iterate, the LATA's
of which a well respected
earlier head of Iowa State
University described as a 
purely "archaic" concept
  during a state sponsored
meeting I attended.

Those archaic LATA boundaries 
and the federal communications 
commissions current structure 
of fees are responsible for 
the majority of inflexible 
true costs to the end customer.

>> It is really that simple.

But Jon, I figured you
have already done it
there.

How many customers do 
you have signed up for 
VOIP in Marshalltown?