Comments on: What is VoIP and What is not VoIP http://gigaom.com/2005/01/20/what-is-voip-and-what-is-not-voip/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 17:23:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Jonathan Greene http://gigaom.com/2005/01/20/what-is-voip-and-what-is-not-voip/#comment-99983 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2005/01/20/what-is-voip-and-what-is-not-voip/#comment-99983 I somehow ended up talking with a Covad Sales Engineer at Starbucks the other day and he definitely said it’s VOIP. Of course that might just be sales… but he’s “the guy you get when you want more info.”

]]> By: Om Malik http://gigaom.com/2005/01/20/what-is-voip-and-what-is-not-voip/#comment-99984 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2005/01/20/what-is-voip-and-what-is-not-voip/#comment-99984 “I deem everything that uses IP to transport voice as Internet Voice”

By this criterion, many long disance companies are already VoIP providers.

]]> By: Aswath Rao http://gigaom.com/2005/01/20/what-is-voip-and-what-is-not-voip/#comment-99985 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2005/01/20/what-is-voip-and-what-is-not-voip/#comment-99985 Since VoIP label is used to decide whether a service should be regulated or not and by whom, it becomes critical to define it precisely. Otherwise it doen’t matter. (When the gutter water joins the river it also becomes holy. :-) )

I will be curious to know from the Covad Sales Engineer, how come their press release didn’t mention VoIP once, when others seem to be slapping this label at the drop of a hat.

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