Hi,
I will have to find the article I read about a year ago regarding VoIP
and POTS and cellular. It shows that even with the number of people that
are switching, it is still VERY small when compared with the number that
still have POTS and will continue to keep their land lines.
In our area, the big switch is not to VoIP but rather to cell phones.
There are many products on the market now that allow you to plug a cell
phone into your normal phone wiring in the home and then port your
number to the cell phone. Thus, you save money, have a phone you can
take with you no matter where you go, have 911 services, etc.
Does anyone know the percentages of different phone services in Taiwan,
Japan, or otherwise? I thought I read somewhere that one of those
countries was over 75% cell phone.
Travis
Microserv
Matt Liotta wrote:
There are major LECs using VoIP internally while providing analog
service to their customers. Therefore, it is quite possible you have
had conversations over a VoIP network using your POTS lines without
even knowing it. Further, the percentage likelihood that you will have
such a phone call in the future is increasing steadily.
VoIP is a disruptive technology that will forever change the landscape
of telecom. In a short number of years, VoIP will be more heavily used
than POTS by consumers. In fact, many people speculate that the RBOCs
have projections that tell them when to switch from POTS to Voice over
DSL from a revenue/expense standpoint. They are ready to do it now.
-Matt
Travis Johnson wrote:
You may have the very best VoIP system with the least latency,
highest call quality, etc.... but it still is not the same as a POTS
line.
The real test is when you call someone from a VoIP line to a cell
phone... that's when you get echo, delay and noise to the point that
you end up talking over each other, etc. I have been on the cell
phone end of MANY calls like this, from MANY different companies
around the US. Every single one of them was using VoIP (from many
different providers). Having a "shared" pipe (VoIP) will just never
be the same as a "dedicated" pipe (POTS). :)
Granted, VoIP may be good enough for 99% of the people, but
personally I guess I fall into the 1%. ;)
Travis
Microserv
Matt Liotta wrote:
On Jun 19, 2006, at 7:27 PM, Travis Johnson wrote:
I don't believe there is any real money in it either... cell
phones will be the choice 5-10 years from now. VoIP is the bridge
to get there. Of course, I'm talking residential users... business
users are a little different... although we will never switch our
business lines (12 of them) to VoIP. I've never heard a VoIP call
that sounded as good as a POTS line... :)
Call us then. Or better yet, send us a fax, which is the real test
of VoIP quality. VoIP will never be circuit switched, but it is
good enough to the point that without testing equipment an end user
can't tell the difference. Except of course the reduction in cost
and the increase in functionality afforded by VoIP.
-Matt
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