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by Dameon Welch-Abemathy on January 1, 2008
It amazes me how my opinion of things can change so quickly. In the VoIP space, I was not hot on Jangl earlier in the year, but after some conversations with their executives, I can see that while they're taking their time rolling things out, it sounds like they have a clear vision. It's not fully articulated in shipping products yet, but I like the direction they privately shared with me.
The other surprise in this area: Skype. I really had a hate-hate relationship with the tool earlier in the year. Now it is what I am using almost exclusively. While it doesn't work on my mobile phone, it works damn near everywhere else. I am finding that call quality has improved and that nothing comes close. Heck, even their video support is improved!
I have to agree with my good friend Ken Camp about how VoIP is really plumbing. I think it's been plumbing for a while, but it's taken the industry a while to figure that out and start actually using it. This means VoIP won't be the story anymore, it will just be a silent, behind-the-scenes enabling technology.
So what's ahead for 2008? Hopefully less me-too products and a lot more me-different. Maybe I'm just being a bit cynical, but my guess is that we'll see a lot more of the same. What do you think?
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Response from:
tom
(01/13/08 6:04pm)
Response from:
Dameon Welch-Abernathy
(01/13/08 8:50pm)
There are cheaper plays, but it's hard to argue with $3 a month. Less than the cost of a cup of coffee at Starbucks. ;)
Response from:
mikelt
(02/09/08 3:07pm)
Looking ahead, 2008 is poised to bring some major changes to telecommunication as we know it and the wireless industry in particular. With the maturation of Voice over IP and WiFi, and the emerging 4G WiMax and LTE technologies, the telecommunications business model morphs into a broadband access business, offering interactive multimedia services to a data greedy populace. Driven by device manufacturers, application developers, and consumer demand, voice will share the bandwidth with email, texting, videoconferencing, GPS navigation, national security alerts, games, advertising, music, and TV, just to name a few.
Response from:
Dameon Welch-Abernathy
(02/09/08 11:07pm)
@mikelt it will be interesting to see how much of that comes to life
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p.s. just to clarify i tend to use the cheapest discount SIP services - i am sure there are plenty that can match skype call quality. but for $3/month unlimited USA?