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How ISPs May Quietly Kill VoIP

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the poor-kids-never-had-a-chance dept.

ravenII writes "PBS's i'Cringley's informative piece gives an eye-opening look at the anticompetitive behavior of some ISPs who are showing up late to the VoIP game. This is not something that could be easily mandated, and the beauty of this approach is that they're not explicitly doing anything to the 3rd party service applications. They're just identifying and tagging their own services, which is within their rights."

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  1. Re:I use VoIP for business. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    More likely you'll just be fired and replaced with someone that is more reliably reachable. (for 1/2 your salary to boot). Remember who you work for you fool.

  2. Silly Cringely by DarkRecluse · · Score: 0, Troll

    Why is it that as soon as Bob learns about something it is automatically new and automatically the deathnell of some industry? It's like the technology didn't exist until he spoke of it.

    Welcome to 1998 Bob, your 802.1p has been waiting for you.

    I guess I shouldn't mention the fact that QOS will wet the bed when you approach the upperbound of the line....it really doesn't like to be choked out... unlike Bob.

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    --"It's Bradford Company, slash your last name, dot your first name"