Was catching up on blogs when I found the Cisco Subnet entry called Is VoIP dead?. wow, really, am I in a dying specie of IT? did the recession finally got to my back yard? reading into the post and following first level and second level links, I realized it is perhaps a good story, but not the end of the world.
VoIP is a name for so many things, people need to be more specific when they refer to it's death. to me, VoIP is everything that allow audio over IP. And that includes all the current enterprise telephony solution that I'm aware of. I tried to find a non IP based product on Cisco/Avaya/Nortel and couldn't.
The real intention of the original writer as I understand it is to say that VoIP is now main stream, there are no strict VoIP products. All the current ones use VoIP but offer much more. He compares it to tcp/ip, it's dead as a product but alive in everything else.
VoIP s not dead, not until a new technology will emerge and allow a better way to send audio over our sewage systems (or anything else), it might not be a competitive solution for home phones, but it is in every enterprise scale solution, it plays a major part in international service providers calls and I see an increasing demand for it as a replacement for pstn connectivity of organizations (sip trunk instead of T1 PRI).
As for Vonage, they are simply going through tough times, and should also consider less pricey plans. I would change my home phone to them in a minute if it was cheaper then what I currently have. They are cheaper when comparing them to the phone service only, but the cable company bundle a discount if you get phone from them, which makes the total number in their favor (and they are probably doing VoIP also, without telling me).
Long live the VoIP!
Avner Izhar is an experienced IT professional; he has 14 years of experience in the networking area, on multiple continents, and has filled positions in post sales, pre sales and training. He currently holds CCIE in Voice (#15999), CCSI (#31623), CCVP and others. He is also the author of two CCIE voice training related books: CCIE Voice Technology Workbook and CCIE Voice written study guide, both published under NLI. When he is not blogging for Network World, he work as a Consulting System Engineer for World Wide Technology, Inc., a leading systems integrator providing technology and supply chain solutions to customers and suppliers around the world.
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This is either a poor technology writer or a subsidized Vonage poster. Vonage is nothing anymore in the VOIP marketplace. There are hundreds of better companies offering better service, and better rates. What a waste of time to read this. The writer needs to do some research.
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