Happened to be cruising and found this article on the fate of telco's if this Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) ever gets off the ground. The company that I ran into before this little tidbit morsel is Glophone or VoiceGlo. With such a demand in the market for cell phones and portability, this idea of a phone over internet protocol doesn't seem to savvy for the future (at least to me anyway). Still, some very interesting situations arise from being able to dial any standard telephone number in the U.S. or Canada from your browser based phone. This sorta paints a funny picture in my mind, one that Todd dreamed up earlier. Imagine a man in a business suit walking to work, when he suddenly wips out his laptop and holds it to his face as if it were a flip cell phone..."hello?" Not too far off if you combine WiFi with VoIP! A side note for Tripp, if he is reading this....could this possibly solve your music problem over a phone for your mobile game you developed oh so long ago? Just curious!
Posted by Mike at April 11, 2004 09:37 PMvoip is not necessarily tied to a bulky laptop -- PDAs and other mobile devices are getting more powerful as they get smaller, and with adequate i/o systems (e.g. small phone-like microphones and headphone jacks), could easily become a cheaper alternative to my crappy $60 verizon bill.
Posted by: Will at April 12, 2004 04:49 PM
Doesn't this still dictate that you are within a WiFi network with that PDA/Mobile device? As nice as it sounds to be able to run a phone app on a PDA, how prolific will my WiFi network be to connect? I guess this all depends on how fast the wireless internet signals will proliferate our lives and how "adhoc" they truly are, if at all. If all wireless internet signals are locked down, then we lose what i would think would be the key to this technology overthrowing the telco's. Is this what you are driving at?
Posted by: Mike at April 12, 2004 06:46 PM
yeah, I'm assuming a ubiqutous wifi net that's either ad hoc or some other forgiving pay-model... good point though
Posted by: Will at April 12, 2004 07:14 PM
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