From: Nickolaus E. Leggett [nleggett@earthlink.net]
Sent: Saturday, December 06, 2003 11:58 AM
To: voipforum
Subject: Materials Submitted to the VoIP Forum

Name:
 Nickolaus E. Leggett

E-mail:
 nleggett@earthlink.net

Organization:
 Private Citizen

Comments:
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  Hello,
  The VoIP Forum should consider the actual economics of the Internet.  Who pays for the physical infrastructure used by the Internet
traffic?   It is clear that the 10 or 20 dollars  per month paid  to  ISPs by
individuals does not  cover the full costs of operating and maintain-
ing the trunk lines, switches , and routers  used by the Internet.
So who actually pays for this physical infrastructure?
This consideration raises the question: should VoIP operators and  users be charged a fee to 
help pay for  the operation and maintenance of the physical
infrastructure?  Also, is it in the National interest to make sure
that the conventional telephone companies survive?  I suspect 
that their trunk lines make the Internet possible.


Nickolaus E. Leggett
1432 Northgate Square, Apt. 2A
Reston, VA 20190-3748
(703) 709-0752
nleggett@earthlink.net

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