A Starter Kit on VoIP
Need help making sense of the VoIP hype? Quick stats, fast facts about VoIP.
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Confused about whether Voice over IP The technology has been gaining steam in the tech press during the past
year,
while federal lawmakers and regulators wrangle over who will have the
regulatory upper hand.
There's no denying that IP-based calling has a future. Virtually all the
major research firms predict more VoIP growth to come.
Take a May, 2004, study of small, medium, and large organizations in
North America by telecommunications research firm Infonetics. The results
found that:
Not to mention the wrangling under way between state and federal lawmakers
over who should have regulatory oversight of the burgeoning technology.
To address some of the questions, internetnews.com compiled some key information about VoIP into this special section.
1. At-a-Glance Growth
2. Tips from the Experts/Regulatory Round-Up
1. At-a-Glance Growth: The Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA) expects VoIP to continue growing along with the adoption of broadband. Shipments of IP PBX lines, which converge voice and data, tell the VoIP story: They are surging, and the residential market is catching on. In a survey of U.S. Internet users, research firm Ipsos-Insight identified a number of VoIP features that are enticing would-be subscribers.