Jake wrote:
I set up a couple of scripts to crunch some numbers and match the rate center names up with the advertised areas that FPL offer. ( I know what your thinking, and just so you know I thought it first
) I sent what I found onto the people who live their lives on the bleeding edge (hi Dom) who probably promptly filed it in the trash folder
The trouble is, it all well and good me playing with the information, but I have no idea if these are mistakes, or intentions. Either way, I am sure Dom will be pleased to hear I probably won't be sending him any more lists
I bet he is regretting asking for them in the first place now.
It depends on what Fongo's true intentions are ... to be a real CLEC and offer real service, or just play at this free VOIP thing half-assed. I mean, I get that they are offering us a great deal, but it seems like a patch-work quilt. And I also fully get the fact that it is cheaper to offer service where you have the POPs rather than terminating on a foreign carrier's equipment. However, the lack of LCA-wide coverage is very very perplexing to me on several levels (see separate thread, I have pounded the agonizing details there) and the seeming lack of a complete, thorough and ACCURATE list baffles the snot outta me.
It is NOT that difficult a thing to do, and it is not like a secret or something ... I mean, WTH ... if Dom or Steve or someone in the 'tariff bureau' provided either yourself or myself with the _real_ information, the complete, accurate list would be ready in a flash, and double-verified to boot! The output could be formattted however the actual 'tariff bureau' needed it for them to just PLUG the results into the master tariff look-up and the whole she-bang would be done and dealt with neatly -- a one time thing. Process the monthly updates after the 1st working day of each month based on the information INITIALLY provided and it is a self-doing deal. Open up a new LCA? Not a problem, there's an app for that (or script) and here's your new output file to plug in to make that happen ....
Not rocket-surgery or brain-science.
As for the REAL areas, the UNOFFICIAL areas and the errors ....
"Currently
Fongo offers full LCA coverage to the following metro areas ....."
"Additionally,
Fongo offers limited coverage to the following CITIES only ....."
"
Fongo is currently testing coverage in THESE cities, but this may change without further notice and this list is not guaranteed to be complete ...."
3 groups, each with a posted disclaimer and limitation, and the accurate list below each .... clean, simple, all-inclusive, easy to understand .... Oh wait, we WERE talking about
Fongo, right??