Daily VoIP Links for 2006-06-14
- [Daily Post from my people] Who's on the Other Line? (Part II)
"VoIP might still give you more privacy than its counterparts."
"Mr. Pulver, 43, is anything but an ordinary businessman. He eschews standard
corporate attire in favor of Hawaiian shirts and sandals. A stroll through his Melville, N.Y., office -- which is the antithesis of all things corporate -- leaves the impression he is a music magnate or poker champion rather than an IT administrator-turned-telecom whiz."
"This story was a year in the making and it was great to finally see it get published this morning."
"The challenge is that to those of us on the inside, the "VoIP industry" is this large space with lots of different segments and players. We can see the differences I outline (and many more). But to the larger business world, Voice over IP in general is so new that everything gets labelled as "VoIP". That will change over time... and really it falls to organizations like VOIPSA and others to help in that education."
"The net neutrality skeptics seem to fall into three, somewhat overlapping camps: those who are philosophically opposed to most governmental regulation; the free market Darwinists who believe the market will sort out the winning solutions from the less so-blessed, and: The enginners."
"The report also states that it would not be possible for the government to expect all products that make use of VoIP to comply with the FCC requirements mandating wiretapping backdoors for government surveillance."
"Essentially it states that a VoIP provider will be penalized by restricting them from acquiring new customers within a specific geographic region if they do not provide e911 service to that area within 180 days."