Qwest & Cablevision Launch VoIP Service

Posted by timothy on Monday November 17, 2003 @12:45AM from the because-data-is-fungible dept.

securitas writes "Qwest announced that it will be the first RBOC to offer VoIP service to its customers, starting with Minnesota. Not to be outdone, Cablevision launched VoIP service for its '1 million high-speed Internet customers in the lucrative New York market.' Cablevision's Tom Rutledge said the company plans to take advantage of last Monday's FCC local-number portability ruling that lets customers keep their phone numbers when switching service providers. Qwest plans to challenge the local-number portability ruling. It looks like the disruptive technology hype that surrounded VoIP in the late-1990s is about to see its first real litmus test."

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Litmus test by jyoull · 2003-11-17 02:10 · Score: 1, Offtopic

I really hate that hackneyed phrase "litmus test". Do you even know what it means?

This is a pretty good definition:
"A test that uses a single indicator to prompt a decision"

So there cannot be a "first litmus test". There is merely "a litmus test" and it's either "yes" or "no" and you're outta there.

Why not just write "... the disruptive technology hype that surrounded VoIP in the late-1990s is about to see its first real test." ?

thank you and have a nice day.