VOIP Growth in Canada
November 19th, 2004 Posted in Main Page
Not sure about Michael Sone's thesis but in a new report he expects the number of residential customers using Internet telephony will soar to more than 1.1 million by 2007 from 29,000 at the end of this year. At first blush, this seems like an over-the-top bullish target given there does not seem to be a huge groundswell of interest in Internet telephony currently. Perhaps Sone believes the entry of players such as Bell Canada will convince people to give up their circuit-switch phones. Another factor could be the price-cap regime, which comes up for renewal in 2006. If the CRTC lifts the price limitations on local service, it could give Internet telephony the room it needs to get a large market foothold.
