> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of James Sharp > Sent: Sunday, December 14, 2003 6:01 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: [Asterisk-Users] FAX, IAX and *....Maybe I'm dreaming...:-) > > > > It's just my lowly opinion but I too must agree when it comes to the > > consumer/soho (1 to 3 line) markets. > > > > CAUTION!!, DANGER!! Marketing Hat On!! > > > > Vonage, the most "visible" marketer of a voip consumer product must also > > agree. Vontage offers an ip "fax line". using cisco's ata. Vontage must > > see > > some good reason for doing so. (I assume it's h.323). A&T, MCI and Time > > Warner will be competing directly against Vonage when they > introduce their > > consumer voip products. I'd bet they too will be offering an ip > fax line. > > > > Odds are you will be competing against them too. If I was vonage I'd be > > telling the world how important a ip fax line was :-) > > Personally, I dont think that the world in general really cares about an > "ip fax" line. All they want is a system that works all the time/every > time and doesn't require elaborate and convoluted setup. They're not > ooohing and ahhhing about "oooh, this uses VoIP". They just know that > they can stop spending $30/mo on an analog phone line and they get their > long distance either flat rate or for an absurdly low per minute rate. > > Don't sell it as VoIP. Sell it as a total replacement for the > analog line. >
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