The problem: backoffice billing and tracking, the real crown jewels of any telco or RBOC.
I'm more optimistic about the prospects for Skype, which carries more international voice traffic than any telco.
"Instead of welcoming Free Basics as an open platform that will partner with any telco, and allows any developer to offer services to people for free, they claim - falsely - that this will give people less choice.
Ribbit's "class 5" switch has been tested in Lucent's labs and passed with flying colors meaning it is as reliable as any telco switch, Griggs assures me.
Sayonara any telco rules, regulations and oh yes, your rights.
The two Republican commissioners, including Martin, have opposed any sort of net neutrality laws for AT&T or any other telco.
He has some 1.5 million Internet subscribers, more than any other telco.
"Normally to buy a T-3 you have to make a ton of phone calls just to find the right sales contact within any given telco," says Morken.
Strike a great supplier contract for bandwidth and web access from any of the plethora of telcos, their direct competitors, and business ISPs etc.; then price compare for the web hosting component.
Since very few telcos are putting any fresh copper in the ground, the number of usable copper loops for broadband in the country is expected to run out by 2014.
