The Phone Landscape

Source: www.voip-news.com

Remember the days back when phone companies vyed for your long distance service, touting their low, low rates and exploiting their competitors shortcomings. I never thought I would see the days when those commercials wouldn’t dot the television landscape.

Well, I guess they still do, but instead of MCI, Sprint, AT&T and the many bells, it’s now Vonage versus the phone company vs Verizon vs … you get the idea.

Actually, the choices today are far greater than they were 15 years ago between wireless, VoIP and a host of other options.

What do you think? It’s obvious that VoIP is in a period of shift and change. Where will it go next?

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Published on September 16th, 2008 under , , ,

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