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February 11, 2007
Luca on Why VoIP has Succeeded:
Luca Filigheddu: 10 reasons why VoIP has succeeded
Luca writes: "It's not usual for me to compile this kind of lists, anyway here's a listing of the most important reasons I think influenced the wide diffusion of VoIP worldwide. I've been part of this revolution, so I believe it can be wise and useful to stop for a while and think of why we've arrived here.
This listing comes entirely from my experience, having been involved in the VoIP world for over seven years, as engineer and manager. As usual, of course, comments and critics are appreciated."
Luca's Top 10 Reasons why VoIP has Succeeded:
10. The Internet
9. SIP
8. G723, G729
7. Competition
6. Vocaltec
5. Dream of calling for FREE
4. Asterisk
3. Jeff Pulver and VON
2. Skype
1. Broadband
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Agree? Disagree? Looks like we have another topic to discuss in the Wednesday General Session at Spring 2007 VON with: Andy Abramson, Mike Arrington, Chris Brogan, Steve Garfield, myself and Robert Scoble.
Tags: VON, Luca Filigheddu, voip, Jeff Pulver
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Posted by jeff on February 11, 2007 07:42 PM | Permalink
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Comments
I believe gzino's "abritrage opportunity" comment hits the nail on the head. The services provided by the big telco's have been entrenched, leading to new opportunities for any other smaller, more agile, players.
Posted by: Voip Reader at March 14, 2007 03:34 AM
Well a couple on his list are interesting to discuss:
9. SIP: Most VoIP networks were built on H.323 (ITXC, iBasis, etc.), and still are H.323. Now of course SIP becoming predominant on the retail client and enterprise edges, but we still have the gigantic exception of Skype.
8. G.729, G.723: Double-edged sword. Yes, the low bit rate codecs helped put VoIP on the map by making it possible for capital/bandwidth constrained early adopters to compete against incumbents using VoIP, but the poor quality (especially G.723) also helped constrain success and adoption.
Few other comments:
- I'm biased, but would put ITXC and iBasis on the list.
- I'd also put the big telco incumbents on the list for behaving like big telco incumbents and therefore helping to create an initial arbitrage opportunity for VoIP.
- Interesting that his list didn't contain any "killer applications or functionality"...other than voice itself of course.
Posted by: gzino at February 11, 2007 09:06 PM