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Why can't there be a telephone internet (see details)?
We pay the same whether we access an internet site on a server next door or on a server half a world away because we only pay the charges to connect to the nearest backbone. Why can't the same thing be done for telecommunications networks? i.e. a call to anywhere on earth should cost the same as you only pay the cost of connecting to the nearest exchange?
I've heard of Skype, but I'm referring specifically to landline 2 landline calls.
3 Answers
- BigELv 71 decade agoFavorite Answer
I believe that is how these VOIP companies actually work. You talk to them free, then they "forward" to servers that are local to the customer.
If we all used tcp/ip networking phones, sure a system can be devised that is totally free (except the cost to host the voip exchange, because that would still be needed.
But in order to contact a non VOIP user, these companies must deploy infrastructure to the localities they want to server, in order to cut cost. That costs money.
I am sure I am forgetting some tax costs in here somewhere.
- Anonymous1 decade ago
Skype to skype is actually free. I often call my brother, who now lives in South Africa, from here in the UK for nothing!
