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July 22, 2004

Another Huge Day for VoIP in the USA: Verizon launching Consumer VoIP service today!

Today Verizon will be launching their nationwide Consumer VoIP service.

This is yet another very significant announcement and event in the history of VoIP in the US and around the world and will be another reason why consumers will learn about the possibilities of IP Communications.

The 11:30 AM scheduled press conference with the President of Verizon's consumer division, Bob Ingalls, should provide some additional insights to the strategic plans and directions for this new service.

It just about this day back in July, 1996, that Intel and Microsoft got together to announce their intentions to enter into the VoIP marketplace and took the first try at introducing a standard for VoIP.

It is amazing to for me to see how much has changed in the world of VoIP and how much has been achieved by the VoIP industry in the past eight years.

Congrats to Verizon to the launch of their new VoIP service.

Posted by jeff on July 22, 2004 07:31 AM | Permalink

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Comments

... and one more thing. They are offering a $5 discount for their existing DSL customers - which is interesting, because I am 90% sure that they won't sell you DSL without landline service. So you would still have to pay $10-15/month just to have that line activiated.

Posted by: Yonah at July 22, 2004 02:07 PM

I just went to the Voice Wing site, and I found one major thing that glared at me - they are charging for calls to Canada. I guess they need to for many reasons, but AFAIK, most, if not all VoIP providers waive the International rates to Canada. Very Interesting.

Posted by: Yonah at July 22, 2004 02:06 PM