So, Vonage is planning to launch in the UK in December.
At the same time BT are offering free VoIP calls as long as you buy their connectivity and rent a phone number from them.
Repetez apres moi, the correct price for voice service is zero. At least one of these two companies is hot bread. No prizes awarded for guessing which.
In fact, I suspect you’ll never notice that the price has become zero, because voice calling will just be bundled into something else that has defensible economic value.
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The correct price for voice service is zero - Martin Geddes from Peer 1 Blog
Amen, voice calls will be basically free but people will pay willingly for value added services on top of voice....
[Read more] Tracked on December 1, 2004 08:40 AMVonage are PLANNING to launch.....
BT are toast....?
Meanwhile Gossiptel (the British ITSP) have already launched a two way SIP<>PSTN offering with bundled minutes (500 mins to UK geographic numbers plus international calls to 35 other international destinations)for GBP 9.99. This comes with a UK geographic number, voicemail, alphnumeric CLI and clever call forwarding bundled in.
Alternatively, they offer an UNLIMITED package for GBP 19.99
Do I smell something burning?
Posted by: at December 1, 2004 12:45 AM