VoIP Advances And Trends For 2004

gardel writes "So everyone's top-tech predictions for 2004 says it will be the year of VoIP. What does that really mean? This may narrow it down. Here's Voxilla's list of the top-10 advances and trends in the world of VoIP. On the list: VoIP and cellular converges, IP phones take over, Chinese and Mexican phone numbers come to the U.S., Asterisk hits it big. What would you add?"

Comments

VoIP's short term future.

[Anonymous Coward]

With or without VoIP regulation, a global P2P (PSTN-connected) voice network emerge..

How? The article talks about Asterix-to-asterix networks bypassing telcos totally. Also VoIP providers routing IP only to each other to end call termination costs.

I beleve that the Larger Asterix networks and VoIP providers will enter into call peering agreements just like the early internet.

It start out as hobbyists setting up Asterisk Open Source PBX boxes connected to their home POTS line.

Will some form of ENUM allow least cost routing to boxes sitting in basements and garages around the world?

If an ITSP in Europe can setup an Asterisk box with PSTN access and start offering US phone numbers and vice-versa, will global number plans become obsolete? What effect will the ridiculously low barrier to entry for VoIP have on telecommunications?

2004 Will be interesting indeed.

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Re:Monopoly

[cgranade]

Not exactly. Consider that VoIP requires, by nessesity, an IP network such as the Internet. Currently, this IP network exists in most homes by one of several methods: dial-up, cable or DSL. In two of those three cases, it is the POTS provider (telco) that enables VoIP, and in the third, it's a cable provider. In all of these cases, the IP provider has a natural monopoly. Thus, while the VoIP service itself may not be a natural monopoly, the prerequisites generally are.

Re:Not just IP...

[Mage Powers]

I don't really know too much about VoIP, but what happens when the power goes out? Like I've only had 4 power outages in the last 10 or so years, but still, what if it happens? I know one advantage POTS has is that it usually works... Having VoIP for voice calls overseas is great, but what if the POTS system is gone, power is out, and people can't call for help?

Course my telco has never really caused me grief so I'm not biased against them.

Voxilla = gardel

[HardcoreGamer]

gardel: at least have the courtesy to admit that Voxilla IS YOUR SITE.

Check gardel's previous posts if you don't believe me.

If you're going to self-promote, be up front about it.

Re:Voxilla = gardel

[Feztaa]

I did not place this here anonymously and used my email address at voxilla.com. I'm not entirely ceertain how else to be up front about it.

Just looking at the post, I have no idea who you are or that you're associated with Voxilla in any way.

Typically it's good manners to end your submission with "(disclaimer, I run Voxilla)" or something similar. Ever noticed how Slashdot editors write similar statements when they post stories about Newsforge, or ThinkGeek, or those other OSDN pages?

Phone numbers are for sissies

[BritGeek]

I've never personally understood this mania that the POTS folks have for dragging all of the old telephone system baggage into VOIP. Why on earth should we perpetuate the same old nonsense of "area codes" & "country codes"? (They are completely artificial & capricious anyway.) What's wrong with dialing someone by their IP address, that's what I want to know?

Re:Phone numbers are for sissies

[Squareball]

Why IP and not by e-mail address? Think about it, e-mail is a way for some one to contact you through text, well why not just say that e-mail is a way to contact you which ever way you wish. Why not have everything done to your e-mail address?

Then if you have a cell phone and a home phone why not have it setup like cell.myaddress@host.com? Dialing by IP would be too much to remember. I can hardly remember a regular phone number now! But I know just about every one's e-mail address by heart because it's just english and not a string of numbers.

Troll--stealing posts.

[Davak]

ROTFL... but I am honored.

If you are going to steal one of my previous posts, please remove my name from the post before you hit submit.

This guy is using a database of highly ranked posts to boost his karma.

Davak

who cares about privacy

[segment]

Will VoIP be Wiretap Ready?

"according to FCC filings, FBI officials had a more private meeting with half-a-dozen FCC staffers to reiterated the Bureau's view on the matter: VoIP should be regulated-- at least enough to ensure that the FBI can listen-in."

What does this mean?

[cfuse]

So everyone's top-tech predictions for 2004 says it will be the year of VoIP. What does that really mean?

Instead of "your call is important to us" you get a 404 error.