The killer app for encryption

[Steve Schear]

At 06:14 PM 12/18/2003, Morlock Elloi wrote:
> > What I'd like to see is a P2P telephony that also supports end-user
> > gateways to the POTS.  I'm not certain, but I think there are some MS


>However, I don't see people letting others use their POTS lines, nor I see 
>them
>using their own for this purpose. Yes, this would essentially eliminate long
>distance charges for those so equipped ... but if A and B have these gateways
>and use them, what is the chance of them not being AT the gateway (ie. not
>having laptops) at any given moment - why bother using POTS in the loop in the
>first place ?
>
>VoIP companies are already doing this and the cost is quite low (calling 
>cards)
>- why bother?

Because it means you can complete call to the POTs with no 
company-controlled switch involved, meaning no where to serve a court 
order.  Since the call could be routed through a few intermediate nodes and 
still not have too much latency traffic analysis could take longer than 
short calls.  Since the last gateway could be selected from a potentially 
large group, in major cities anyway, obtaining a phone tap in time could be 
come problematic.

Also, if long distance charges don't drop to zero soon, it means 
participating residential users could actually resell their POTS.

steve