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November 30, 2004

Irreconcilable

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.

Posted by Martin Geddes at 12:04 PM
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