In an otherwise excellent article at El Reg on Vodafone and VoIP, I just had to comment on this one:
The plan is to exploit the superior spectral efficiency of the 3G networks to bring voice prices crashing down and remove the main advantage of VoIP.
Bzzzzt. Nul points. Please re-read your Stupid Network primer. The point of a Stupid Network (as implemented imperfectly by IP) is unbounded option value. In this case, the ability to do new things with voice calling.
Remember, not a single Vodafone customer, not one living soul out of over 100m people, can tell if the person they're calling is already on a call before they press the green button.
Until they start "innovating" (you call that innovation?) and creating a better communications experience, they deserve all the price pressure they get.
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