Private VOIP applications threaten the core business of traditional telephone operators, says Analsys

It's an old article, but still decent reading material. Amazing how people (supposedly intelligent ones) keep predicting the death of an older technology long before the new one has even taken a foothold.

Let's think about that for a quick second. Cassettes were going to kill the vinyl industry. As we know, it instead complimented and boosted it. Audio CDs have basically killed off vinyl, though some countries still prefer it, and certain remixes can only be found on vinyl for DJs; there is NOTHING like real scratching.

The DVD was going to kill off the VCR, yet the thing to get now is a combo model that has both a VCR and a DVD in one unit. Sure, DVDs will take over, but only when the recorder and the media are within reach of the average consumer. Blu-Ray and HD-DVD? Years away from everyday use.

So, while I agree that VOIP is a very cool technology and that it will (thankfully) force the local telcos to think twice about continuing to gouge the customer, it is still a long way from prime time if it is rendered useless by a blackout.


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