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Joe Gillan CRNI November 22, 2013 joegillan@earthlink

Gillan Associates. Joe Gillan CRNI November 22, 2013 joegillan@earthlink.net. Managing the Transition to IP-Based Public Phone Networks in the United States. Overview. Technology Transition The Peculiar Structure of US Law Consequences of Law and Political Dynamic.

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Joe Gillan CRNI November 22, 2013 joegillan@earthlink

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  1. Gillan Associates Joe GillanCRNINovember 22, 2013joegillan@earthlink.net Managing the Transition to IP-Based Public Phone Networks in the United States

  2. Overview • Technology Transition • The Peculiar Structure of US Law • Consequences of Law and Political Dynamic

  3. An Overview of the Transition

  4. An Overview of the Transition Note: At the physical layer, new facilities are being interwoven into the existing network.

  5. An Overview of the Transition Note: At the physical layer, new facilities are being interwoven into the existing network.

  6. 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.

  7. Distinction - Overview

  8. Incremental Oversight • 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.

  9. Critical Competitive Concerns • Interconnection/Traffic Exchange • Last Mile Access

  10. 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.

  11. Business Share in US Cable Share Traditional CLECShare ILEC Share Source: USTELECOM, “Evidence of Voice Competition and ILEC Non-Dominance Mounts,” April 2, 2013.

  12. 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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