http://gigaom.com/2005/12/29/free-voice/ Trusted Insights and Conversations on the Next Wave of Technology Thu, 26 Nov 2009 19:44:08 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 http://gigaom.com/2005/12/29/free-voice/#comment-39411 Papasik Rugasik Thu, 05 Jan 2006 16:49:58 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2005/12/29/free-voice/#comment-39411 <p>Voice might be free but CONNECTIVITY is not. You can have free P2P voice, and for going to other networks you need someone to connect you. This is the real service beyond telecom, and where there is a service, there is value and money to be charged. Carriers worldwide sell not voice, but connectivity, as does vonage, Skype etc. Telecom will be in business for a while.</p> Voice might be free but CONNECTIVITY is not. You can have free P2P voice, and for going to other networks you need someone to connect you. This is the real service beyond telecom, and where there is a service, there is value and money to be charged. Carriers worldwide sell not voice, but connectivity, as does vonage, Skype etc. Telecom will be in business for a while.

]]> http://gigaom.com/2005/12/29/free-voice/#comment-39409 Om Malik on Broadband : » Enough Of These Damn VoIP Silos Thu, 05 Jan 2006 16:03:05 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2005/12/29/free-voice/#comment-39409 <p>[...] Want proof of this? Vonage is giving $100 rebate on any hardware you need to buy in order to sign-up with Vonage. When the price of voice is falling to zero, how long before this starts to cut into a company’s skin, much like a pair of trousers, three sizes too small. [...]</p> [...] Want proof of this? Vonage is giving $100 rebate on any hardware you need to buy in order to sign-up with Vonage. When the price of voice is falling to zero, how long before this starts to cut into a company’s skin, much like a pair of trousers, three sizes too small. [...]

]]> http://gigaom.com/2005/12/29/free-voice/#comment-39407 Tech by Golfinguy : 'Free' Voice and why Vonage is dead Sun, 01 Jan 2006 15:55:22 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2005/12/29/free-voice/#comment-39407 <p>[...] Several people (not just voip bloggers, but 'real' people ;) have been predicting free voice for a little while now - heck Om even predicts it to be ushered in in 2006. [...]</p> [...] Several people (not just voip bloggers, but ‘real’ people ;) have been predicting free voice for a little while now – heck Om even predicts it to be ushered in in 2006. [...]

]]> http://gigaom.com/2005/12/29/free-voice/#comment-39405 Om Malik on Broadband : » 2005 - Year of the Broadband Sun, 01 Jan 2006 03:05:53 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2005/12/29/free-voice/#comment-39405 <p>[...] The fast pipe helped spur some head scratching deals, and at the same time have helped drive down the price of voice to near zero. [...]</p> [...] The fast pipe helped spur some head scratching deals, and at the same time have helped drive down the price of voice to near zero. [...]

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