The Jeff Pulver Blog: Nice mention of Network2 in Chicago Tribune:

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December 29, 2006

Nice mention of Network2 in Chicago Tribune:

Chicago Tribune: In a wireless world, quality to count more

...And while telecom has traditionally been all about voice, look for video to command an ever greater role. At least that's Jeff Pulver's view.

Pulver is the telecom pioneer who founded the company that later became Vonage, the Internet telephony operation that now serves more than 2 million customers. Pulver is no longer associated with Vonage; he has started a new venture, Network2, which aggregates video for viewing on the Web.

Internet video created by independent filmmakers and commercial studios will greatly disrupt the broadcast and cable television industries, Pulver said.

"It's inevitable that people will shift their viewing," Pulver said. "They'll watch what they want when and where they want to."

His site features videos that generally run from 30 seconds to six or seven minutes, but some run as long as an hour.

"It's a glimpse of the future," Pulver said. "It's how we'll get our entertainment and information."