On 7 June 2012 12:51, Thomas Mangin <[email protected]>wrote:
> Not at all; I was just thinking last night about VoIP and what would be > the knock-on effects if lots of people started using VoIP - say a few > million. > I was also thinking about whether prioritising this kind of traffic on a > consumer ISP, by default, would be advantageous or even necessary. > > I have to say though: I don't know much about VoIP or the amount of > bandwidth it requires, so I thought here would be a good place to ask. > As far as axes go, the only one I have to grind is the one in my shed. > > > Free.fr has its all voice infrastructure on VOIP. So VOIP/SIP is already > used by networks. > I assume what you are asking is what would be the impact on the telcos if > they saw all their voice minutes income disappear. > Actually, no; I wasn't really considering cost impact to telcos in terms of loss of revenue from voice calls - more just in terms of impact of transit provision. IMHO, I can see a future where telcos will face this scenario anyway and I imagine they they have too and have plans to account for this already - at least, I hope so. > They would have to make saving and/or provide better price on their > current VOIP offering - they can : > > http://www.silicon.fr/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/Evolution-prix-minute-mobile.jpg > > Thomas > > From > http://www.silicon.fr/free-mobile-xavier-niel-allume-les-3-operateurs-monopolistiques-70559.html > > I'm afraid my French is pretty awful, but I think I can see what the article is about. Very interesting stuff, although that's very mobile-centric and (for now) I'd like to leave mobile comms out of the discussion as it's a big, complex issue in its own right.
