Will termination fees still be alive when everyone is interconnecting via VoIP?

A lot of VoIP operators is really a fancy re-seller of other PSTN operators services. This means that they do not see any revenue on termination fees - the one who sees termination fees are their SS7 partners. For sure the VoIP operators would love to get termination fees - but currently this means that they either need to make special deals with their SS7 provider, or they need to implement SS7 themselves.

Is not one of the major points about becoming av VoIP operator is to circumvent SS7 and trouble the Big Bad Telcos?

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