This said, I agree with an earlier comment that voice services will need to succeed in the B-B space to create meaningful results for investors, and to continue to move advanced voice services into the mainstream. In order to do this - whether through developer or other channels - applications have to be easy to deploy and must generate repeatable results for business.

The enterprise equation for voice is clearer as, in some format, we have been delivering value adding applications to this group for some time. Small business is less obvious and as we know, a more difficult and disaggregated group to market to. But this is where I believe the opportunity is greatest as this is the market that - short of basic telephony - has been under served. With the now more obvious intersection between voice and the web in front of, there is so much small business can benefit from.

There are a number of exciting, newer companies in this space - something us voice veterans could not claim a few short years ago. One company I suggest having a look at - a little quieter perhaps that Ribbit (in the frozen tundra of Chicago) but very advanced in the product and distribution - is Ifbyphone. http://www.ifbyphone.com.