http://www.markevanstech.com/2004/05/24/von-canada/ Insight and Analysis from North of the Border Sat, 22 Nov 2008 20:44:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 http://www.markevanstech.com/2004/05/24/von-canada/#comment-21 Ross Sun, 30 May 2004 23:01:52 +0000 http://markevanstech.com/?p=57#comment-21 I'm in the same boat as you Mark. How many Skype users do you know? Even at such a great price, I don't see it having anywhere near the traction it needs to get even close to the tipping point. My bet? Skype jumps the shark before it catches a wave - in the meantime, the telco's are going to have the VoIP game all but wrapped up. Innovation can't happen at the edges of the network because VoIP can't get close enough to the edge of the network to be useful. Sure I can plug a TA into my router, but who am I going to call? I end up with the same useless network of one that I get using Skype. Now Vonage...there's a whole other solution - and it works with the PSTN! Skype should be taking notes. I'm in the same boat as you Mark. How many Skype users do you know? Even at such a great price, I don't see it having anywhere near the traction it needs to get even close to the tipping point.
My bet? Skype jumps the shark before it catches a wave - in the meantime, the telco's are going to have the VoIP game all but wrapped up. Innovation can't happen at the edges of the network because VoIP can't get close enough to the edge of the network to be useful. Sure I can plug a TA into my router, but who am I going to call? I end up with the same useless network of one that I get using Skype.
Now Vonage…there's a whole other solution - and it works with the PSTN! Skype should be taking notes.

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