Subject: [NEXTEL-1] Fall 2003 VON News Update: Regulation and Recovery in Progress

From: [email-masked]
Date: Wed, 10 Sep 2003 20:11:23 -0400

Hi All,

I've just returned from my 6th trip to Washington, DC, since the end of
May. I spent part of my summer meeting with various people and organizations
and spent time talking about the threat of VoIP regulation in the US.

Earlier this week I was part of an ITAA <http://www.itaa.org> webcast
which focused on the threat of VoIP regulation in the US and yesterday
participated on a panel at the Cato Institute <http://www.cato.org>
which focused on the same issues.

While the various US States still are in the process of trying to figure
things out, (besides Florida and Minnesota which have recently had rulings),
I left Washington, DC optimistic that since the future hasn't happened
yet, there is still the chance for VoIP to remain unregulated on a State
level and for the FCC to come forward and preempt the States from taking
action.

It was in the middle of making these trips to Washington that I realized
we should add a Telecom Policy Summit (TPS)
<http://pulver.com/von/schedule_fall3.html> to our Fall VON schedule. For
those of you interested in VoIP who are concerned about regulation,
please make it a point to register for our Fall 2003 Telecom Policy
Summit which takes place on Monday, September 22nd. Our event will cover
all of the major issues effecting the State of VoIP in the US and will
also include an international perspective on where things are.

At Fall 2003 VON we will be welcoming a number of people who work for
various State Public Ulility Commissions around the US. These are important
people to get to know since their knoweldge and understanding of VoIP
technologies will have an effect on the way IP Communications may or
may not be regulated in the future.

Looking at our Fall VON conference schedule, it is easy for me to say
that our line up is the best we've ever had.  One thing that is different
about some of our conference sessions is that many of them will be
moderated by Industry and Wall Street Analysts. People like: Frank
Governali, Managing Director, Goldman Sachs and David Fraley, Analyst
Gartner Dataquest are two that I would like to highlight. Clay Shirky
will be making a cameo as David Isenberg's guest in his "Refinancing
theIP Communications Revolution" session.

Had I known that this would be the VON that the cable industry would be
really talking about their VoIP roll-out plans, I would have turned our
"Feedback from Cable Operators" session into one of our general sessions.
As it stands right now, I look forward to hearing the lastest perspectives
from: Comcast, Cablevision and Time Warner Cable. Please take the time and
take a hard look at all of the great people who will be spending time with
us in Boston at Fall VON. An updated complete conference schedule is
posted to: <http://pulver.com/von/schedule.html.>

Since our exhibit hall is sold out, and the buzz for the event just
continues to grow, there is a positive feeling in the air and it has
become quite apparent that a recovery in the VoIP Communications sector is
underway. A current snapshot of our Fall VON exhibitors can be found at:
<http://pulver.com/von/exhibit.html.

And one more thing. We have more service providers coming than ever
before...and some are sending large teams with 20+ people. While we have
always had good representation from the major carriers including cable
companies,there will also be a large influx of rural telecommuncations
carriers attending.

Below is the current list of service providers coming to VON:

--------------
 Adams Telephone Co-Operative
 AIPCOM
 Allegiance Telecom
 Alliance Communications Coop., Inc.
 Amery Telcom, Inc
 Arctic Slope Telephone Association Cooperative
 Arctic Slope Telephone Co-op
 AT&T
 AT&T Wireless
 B2 Bredband AB
 Bell Canada
 BellSouth
 Blackfoot Telecommunications Group
 Bloomingdale Telephone
 BuddyLine Incorporated
 Cablevision
 Calysto Communications
 Cascade Telephone Company
 Castel
 Central Texas Telephone Cooperative, Inc
 Chequamegon Communications Coop.
 CIMA Telecom, Inc.
 Clay County Rural Telephone Cooperative
 Cogeco Cable Inc.
 Coleman County Telephone
 Comcast Corp.
 Consolidated Telcom
 Covad
 Dakota Central Telecommunications
 EarthLink
 emery telcom
 Emily Cooperative Telephone Company
 Farmers Telephone Cooperative
 Focal Communications
 Global Crossing
 GoBeam
 Green Hills Telephone Company
 iBasis
 International Telcom, Ltd.
 Intrado
 IPOne
 ITXC
 KanOkla Communications
 KDDI
 Kennebec Telephone Co., Inc.
 KG Communications
 Kingdom Telephone Co.
 KMC Telecom
 KT
 LDTelecom
 Level(3) Communications
 Livingston Telephone Company
 M5 Networks
 MCI
 Mechanicsville Telephone Company
 Molalla Communications Company
 Mon-Cre Telephone Cooperative, Inc.
 Nekotec Telecom
 Net2Phone Global Services
 New Hope Telephone Cooperative
 Nextel Communications
 nic.at
 Northwest Telephone Cooperative Association
 NTT Communications
 OneStar Long Distance
 PalTalk
 PEOPLES RURAL TELEPHONE COOPERATIVE
 Poka Lambro Telephone Coop
 Premiere Conferencing
 Project Mutual Telephone Company
 Pulaski White Rural Telephone Cooperative
 Qwest
 RANDOLPH TELEPHONE
 RESERVATION TELEPHONE
 Rockwell Cooperative Telephone Assn
 Runestone Telephone Assn
 SBC Technology Resources
 SIPphone, Inc
 Spirit Telecom
 Sprint
 Stayton Telephone
 SwissFone
 Telecom Italia S.p.A.
 Telecom New Zealand Limited
 Teleglobe
 Telekom Austria
 Telenova Corporation
 TeliaSonera
 Tellme Networks
 Telstra Corporation
 TELUS Communications
 Terril Telephone Cooperative
 Time Warner Cable
 Time Warner Telecom
 Verizon
 Verizon Laboratories
 Vonage
 West River Telecommunications Coop.
 West Wisconsin Telcom Co-op
 Wilkes Telecommunications
 XO Communications
--------------

This is a great chance for you to participate in the future of
communications.  I hope to see you in Boston.

Best regards,

 Jeff

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