Jay Milk wrote: > That last point could be quite a big one against VZ -- Vonage is gaining > customers not because they stole Verizon's doubtful IP, but because they > offer a better deal. In my area, Vonage is cheaper than a Verizon > dialtone alone -- and I'd still pay for each outgoing call if I had > Verizon. > That said, this is going to be interesting to watch for all us asterisk > users. If Vonage loses this one, VZ is going to go after the next VOIP > provider... and sooner or later, anti-trust regulation will kick in.
You hope. The last twenty years in the United States has seen a steady erosion in anti-trust legislation. As for Vonage, the honeymoon is over in these parts. I know a few enthusiastic early adopters who are fed up with the poor call quality; one out of three times they call me I hear totally unintelligible buzzing or warbling. They're switching back to analog lines now. (There's a business I know that's on Vonage, but I haven't spoken to them for a few months, so I don't know how they're doing.) The lack of network-wide QoS will ultimately prevent VoIP from usurping the PSTN. -Stephen- _______________________________________________ --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
