Transcript Joe Gillan February 13, 2010

Managing the Transition to IP-Based
Public Phone Networks in the United States
Joe Gillan
CRNI
November 22, 2013
[email protected]
Gillan
Associates
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Overview
 Technology Transition
 The Peculiar Structure of US Law
 Consequences of Law and Political Dynamic
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An Overview of the Transition
Telephone
Service
Internet
Service
CircuitSwitched
Network
Open
Best-Efforts
Packet
Network
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An Overview of the Transition
Telephone
Service
Internet
Service
CircuitSwitched
Network
Open
Best-Efforts
Packet
Network
Next Generation Network
(Packet Network with Managed Traffic
Flows)
Note: At the physical layer, new facilities are being interwoven into the existing network.
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An Overview of the Transition
Telephone
Service
Internet
Service
CircuitSwitched
Network
Open
Best-Efforts
Packet
Network
Telephony
Internet
Video
Other
Next Generation Network
(Packet Network with Managed Traffic
Flows)
Note: At the physical layer, new facilities are being interwoven into the existing network.
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Two Types of Services
 TELECOMMUNICATIONS.--The term ''telecommunications'' means
the transmission, between or among points specified by the user, of
information of the user's choosing, without change in the form or
content of the information as sent and received.
 INFORMATION SERVICE.--The term ''information service'' means
the offering of a capability for generating, acquiring, storing,
transforming, processing, retrieving, utilizing, or making available
information via telecommunications, and includes electronic
publishing, but does not include any use of any such capability for the
management, control, or operation of a telecommunications system or
the management of a telecommunications service.
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Distinction - Overview
Telecommunications Service
Information Service
State and Federal Regulators
Regulate as Common Carriers
Treated similarly to other consumer
services.
Unbundling of access links – but
FCC only requires TDM/Copper
No unbundling authority.
Broad interconnection rights
granted entrants to prevent
discrimination.
Traditional antitrust may apply, but
not proscriptive rights.
A range of specific obligations.
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Information
Service
Telecom
Service
Free World DialUP
(2004)
IP in the
Middle
(2004)
Become a
member, download
software, “talk” to
other members on
Internet
Make a normal
long distance
call and
somewhere in
the middle,
AT&T carries it
on Internet
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Information
Service
Subject to Debate
Free World DialUP
(2004)
Become a
member, download
software, “talk” to
other members on
Internet
Telecom
Service
IP in the
Middle
(2004)
At least 90% of the VoIP
subscriptions in the US.
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Make a normal
long distance
call and
somewhere in
the middle,
AT&T carries it
on Internet
Incremental Oversight
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Routing calls to E911 with location information;
Payment of federal and state universal service obligations;
Support lawful wiretaps;
Protection of customer proprietary network information;
Restrictions on the discontinuance of service;
Disabilities access;
Telephone number porting;
Prohibitions on call blocking;
Payment of intercarrier compensation obligations; and
Reporting a variety of network performance statistics.
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Critical Competitive Concerns
 Interconnection/Traffic Exchange
 Last Mile Access
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Residential Share in US
Wireless Only
Incumbent
Share
All Other
Cable Share
Source: USTELECOM, “Evidence of Voice Competition and ILEC Non-Dominance Mounts,” April 2, 2013.
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Business Share in US
Cable Share
Traditional CLEC
Share
ILEC Share
Source: USTELECOM, “Evidence of Voice Competition and ILEC Non-Dominance Mounts,” April 2, 2013.
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The Current Status …
 AT&T has requested a trial to “turn off” its traditional network.
 Competitors are litigating interconnection rights in the states.
 The new FCC Chairman has announced he will adopt an Order:
 Collect comment on (and begin) “experiments,”
 Collect and analyzed data,
 Initiate a process to address legal, policy and technical
issues.
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