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April 23, 2005
VON Canada 2005: The Week that Was
Looking back on the past week, Voice on the Net Canada 2005 was a success on all fronts. All-in, over 1,000 people joined us in Toronto.
When compared to Spring 2005 VON while there were not all that many “news announcements” from the show, our event helped shine some direct sunlight onto the Canadian VoIP industry, which was the reason we were there in the first place.
Jon Arnold’s recently posted this thoughts on VON Canada and since he is a long time VON veteran, his words are well taken.
While preparing for my talk at VON Canada I spent some time trying to reflect back and reflect forward on the effect Skype is having on the VoIP industry and from there it was a natural conclusion for me to declare that “..Skype was the iPod of IP Communications.”
I’ve since seen some chatter that “SIP is Dead” but before we publish the formal requiem, this feels more like the time during the “Paul is Dead” rumors of the Beatles days.
SIP never was the ONLY protocol for IP Communications and it will continue to grow and morph over time. IAX2 is another open protocol whose use is growing and will continue to grow as open source communications gains popularity. Skype use continues to grow at viral speeds and most likely will continue to be the most popular communication protocol used across the broadband internet over the next 12-18 months.
For some, SIP is just another protocol and for others, well it is a way of life.
The success of Skype does not dictate the death of SIP, H.323, IAX2 or anything else. We live in a multi-protocol world, even if there are some who like to think otherwise.
Now back to my vacation…
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Posted by jeff on April 23, 2005 02:26 PM | Permalink
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